Definition of "zygomaticus" []

• One of several small subcutaneous facial muscles arising from or in relation with the zygoma. (noun)

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• "Without the help of the epicranius, zygomaticus, triangurlis, quadratus labii, buccinator and platysma, Little Red Riding Hood would have been little more than a silhouette through closed eyelids."
• "The Zygomatic Process (processus zygomaticus; malar process)."
• "The Zygomatic Nerve (n. zygomaticus; temporomalar nerve; orbital nerve) arises in the pterygopalatine fossa, enters the orbit by the inferior orbital fissure, and divides at the back of that cavity into two branches, zygomaticotemporal and zygomaticofacial."