jugal point


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Noun1.jugal point - the craniometric point at the union of the frontal and temporal processes of the zygomatic bone
craniometric point - a landmark on the skull from which craniometric measurements can be taken
cheekbone, jugal bone, malar, malar bone, os zygomaticum, zygomatic, zygomatic bone - the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek
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Such process appears wide and elongated in its base and is shaped like a characteristic triangle, slightly twisted on itself, occupying approximately 60 to 70% of the distance between its origin in the skull and the jugal point in C.