Certainly not to artificial selection; for most of the modifications named make no appreciable external signs: the width across the zygomata could alone be perceived.
In a skull described by him the zygomata appear large and angular, and the cranium has somewhat of a pyramidal form.
Owing to the imperfect state of the zygomata in the great majority of skulls from the tumuli, this measurement is unfortunately rarely attainable.
Males of nevadensis, on the average, relative to the basilar length, are narrower in the interorbital region and across the zygomata but have the orbitonasal length greater.
In relation to basilar length, skull of female shallower, tympanic bullae slightly shorter and, on the average, zygomata less expanded.
Females of nevadensis, on the average, relative to the basilar length are narrower across the mastoid processes and zygomata and have the braincase deeper at the anterior margin of the basioccipital.
However, skulls of females of oregonensis have relatively longer tooth-rows and are relatively broader across thezygomata and mastoidal processes.
Stated in another way, the rostrum of longicauda appears to be shorter and broader and the zygomata are more expanded.
Region between anterior bases ofzygomata broader than in Mus validus so that the arches are more nearly parallel.
Zygomata heavier and deeper than in Sus cristatus.
The organs of mastication, whose skeleton consists of the maxillaries and the zygomata which reinforce and anchor the upper maxillary, are the parts that constitute by far the greater portion of the facial mass.
A' Enamel lacking on posterior walls of M1 and M2; pronounced sagittal crest developed in adults of both sexes by union of temporal impressions at middorsal line; zygomata stout and wide, with lateral angle expanded into broad plate.
M1; sagittal crest lacking owing to impressions of temporal muscles remaining separated (even in old adults); zygomata slender, and without platelike expansion at lateral angle.
In animals from both localities the length of the zygomata and the breadth of the mastoid region are more nearly as in Z.
M3; zygomata more bowed; upper tooth-rows more divergent anteriorly; postpalatal notch anterior to posterior border of last molars.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "zygomata" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
