See Also: orbital tubercle of zygomatic bone(medicine)
orbital eminence of zygomatic bone(medicine)
marginal tubercle of zygomatic bone(medicine)
zygomatic bone(medicine)
Bone, zygomatic(health)
zygomatic process of temporal bone(medicine)
frontal process of zygomatic bone(medicine)
zygomatic process of frontal bone(medicine)
lateral surface of zygomatic bone(medicine)
zygomatic border of greater wing of sphenoid bone(medicine)

orbital tubercle of zygomatic bone (medicine)


orbital tubercle of zygomatic bone


A small elevation on the orbital surface of the zygomatic bone, just within the orbital margin, about 1 cm below the zygomaticofrontal suture; it gives attachment to the lateral check ligament, the lateral palpebral ligament, and the suspensory ligament of the eyeball.

Synonym: eminentia orbitalis ossis zygomatici, orbital eminence of zygomatic bone, Whitnall's tubercle.