What's the difference between zygoma and zygomatic?

Zygoma


Definition:

  • (n.) The jugal, malar, or cheek bone.
  • (n.) The zygomatic process of the temporal bone.
  • (n.) The whole zygomatic arch.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) At Charity Hospital in New Orleans transverse Kirschner wires have been routinely used to stabilize the zygoma in these cases.
  • (2) Experience with 240 midface (Le Fort and zygoma) fractures in multiple trauma patients has emphasized that superior aesthetic results are obtained by immediate extended open reduction with primary bone grafting.
  • (3) Reabsorption proved least or non existent where there was the least tension (back, zygoma, septum).
  • (4) fractures involving the zygoma, the upper jaw or other orbital bone alteraions and deviations of the bony orbital contours and also of the orbital contents can subsist, even after primary operative correction.
  • (5) The surgical technique is described, and its usefulness in correcting similar lateral canthal deformities associated with fracture dislocations of the zygoma is mentioned.
  • (6) Using systematic clinical evaluation and cephalometric skeletal analysis, a clinically recognizable facial deformity manifested by retrusion or hypoplasia, or both, of the maxilla, anterior zygoma, and infraorbital rims has been recognized.
  • (7) This study was based on 83 cases of zygoma fractures treated surgically in Dept.
  • (8) The EMG, but not the positive wave, was elicited when the interpolar distance was reduced to 1 cm, which greatly reduced the fraction of current traversing the cortex (epicranial stimulation); furthermore, occluding the circulation to the scalp for 30 minutes by rubber tubing above the zygomas and brows dulled sensation, reduced the EMG, but did not alter the latency or rising phase of the positive wave.
  • (9) To our knowledge primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the zygoma has not been previously reported.
  • (10) Again, osteotomies of the zygoma, corrections of the nose as well as corrections of scars and bony contours were often indicated.
  • (11) Two ends of the refashioned rib were anchored to masseteric muscle mass and zygoma.
  • (12) A technique is described for the elevation of depressed fractures of the zygoma using the straight mouth gag of Terrier, which is especially suitable for treatment of partly healed fractures.
  • (13) Strips of periosteum from the zygoma were used to reconstruct very extensive lateral canthal and temporal eyelid defects in 11 patients.
  • (14) An infratemporal fossa approach for extensive tumors of the temporal bone, clivus, and parasellar and parasphenoid regions features permanent anterior transposition of the facial nerve, resection of the mandibular condyle, and mobilization of the zygoma and lateral orbital rim.
  • (15) The features with the least error in data fitting were the chin and zygoma; that with the most error was the mouth.
  • (16) The STA averaged 31.7 mm from the zygoma to its bifurcation, where the average outside diameter was 1.9 mm.
  • (17) An unusual case in which hypertrophy of the mandibular condyle and hypoplasia of the maxilla and zygoma were observed in an 8-year-old child who had been irradiated at age 2 for malignant disease has been presented.
  • (18) More severe fractures were associated with higher forces on the zygoma.
  • (19) Neither single-miniplate fixation nor triple-wire fixation are sufficient to stabilize the zygoma against similar forces.
  • (20) Short distance bipolar recording showed that W1 travelled from the zygoma to the mastoid.

Zygomatic


Definition:

  • (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the zygoma.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The immobilization successfully constrained the anteroinferior displacement of the maxilla and zygomatic bone on the fused side.
  • (2) Therefore, the surgical anatomy in the region of the zygomatic arch and temporal area was reviewed in detail.
  • (3) Unstable zygomatic fractures frequently require stabilization at two points.
  • (4) The highest correlation coefficients were demonstrated when NET was performed over the marginal and zygomatic branches of the facial nerve and OLP ENoG recorded in the nasolabial region.
  • (5) 13 patients were treated by classical techniques of insertion-suspensions of the paralyzed side with a perioral loop and slings of PTFE suspended to the zygomatic arch and the infraorbital rim, by way of nasolabial angle or rhytidectomy incisions.
  • (6) The zygomatic process of the temporal bone forming the articulating surface of the glenoid fossa was resected in 25 young New Zealand rabbits in order to investigate the effect of function on the growth of the condylar cartilage.
  • (7) Both have an incomplete zygomatic arch with descending jugal process, a complex superficial masseter, a large temporalis and medial pterygoid musculature, and a lateral pterygoid with two heads.
  • (8) These observations led to this comparative study on several morphological, histochemical and biochemical parameters on mature ferrets, dogs and cats including: (1) the number of center tapetum cell layers, (2) thickness of center tapetum, (3) presence of a microtubule-like structure in each tapetal rod, (4) presence of electron-dense cores in tapetal rods after prolonged fixation in glutaraldehyde, (5) retention of reflection or color of tapetum after prolonged glutaraldehyde fixation, (6) zygomatic bones of eye orbits, (7) zinc content in tapetum, (8) cysteine in the tapetum, (9) cysteine sulfinic acid decarboxylase in liver, (10) thickness of retina from center tapetum, (11) anterior view of skull configuration, and (12) lateral view of skull configuration (jaw and teeth).
  • (9) We have modified our original technique so that we facilitate transference of the flap by a more anterior transection through the zygomatic arch, we improve the aesthetic reconstruction by use of the transected coronoid process, we produce better function by preventing adhesions and granulation tissue, and we enhance definition of the lingual sulcus by splinting.
  • (10) Sexual dimorphism of the skull affected only the zygomatic arch, the dimensions of the zygomatic arch in the male being greater than in the female from the 120th d on.
  • (11) Zygomatic fractures are best treated in five to seven days; eye signs indicate earlier treatment.
  • (12) Ultrasonography was utilized in three cases of zygomatic arch fracture to confirm the position of the fragments during surgery.
  • (13) The following clinical update reviews alternative approaches to the zygomatic complex (coronal incision, upper eyelid incision), and current concepts of treatment for acute injuries and late deformities secondary to malunion.
  • (14) We describe a technique using an air-driven "acorn-tipped" bur that removes the posterolateral lip of the frontal process of the zygomatic bone and effectively straightens the external surface of the lateral orbital wall.
  • (15) Coefficients (R) range from a high of 0.87, between the TMJ and zygomatic arch, to a low of 0.67 between the zygomatic arch and the mandibular musculature showing highly significant correlations (P less than 0.0001) among all characters.
  • (16) Investigation of the reparative histogenesis in patients with zygomatic bone fractures suffered in different periods in the past included histologic study of the tissue specimens taken from fracture sites during surgical intervention, studies of the osteogenesis, topographic-anatomic position of bone fragments, their mobility and configuration, and clinical and pathomorphologic changes in the soft tissues adjacent to the fracture site.
  • (17) We studied the internal structure of the zygomatic bone and determined the changes in cortical bone width, cortical bone ratio to total cross-sectional area, and trabecular bone width through six periods of tooth growth and development.
  • (18) Normal facial nerve function returned in 9 to 14 weeks except in one patient who showed a mild deficit of the zygomatic branch at 20 weeks.
  • (19) The zygomatic arch provides a comparatively isolated mechanical part of the skull containing a single suture, the zygomatico-squamosal.
  • (20) The electromyographic (EMG) response from the mentalis muscle to stimulation of the supraorbital nerve was recorded during microvascular decompression (MVD) of the facial nerve to relieve HFS and compared to the response from the same muscle to stimulation of the zygomatic branch of the facial nerve in four patients.

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