frontal bone

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frontal bone

A cranial bone consisting of a vertical portion corresponding to the forehead and a horizontal portion that forms the roofs of the orbital and nasal cavities.

frontal bone

(Anatomy) the bone forming the forehead and the upper parts of the orbits. It contains several air spaces

fron′tal bone′

the broad front part of the skull, forming the forehead.

[1735–45]

frontal bone

A bone of the skull, consisting of a part that corresponds to the forehead and a part that forms the roof of the eye sockets and cavities of the nose.

frontal bone

The forehead bone.

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frontal bone - the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits

os frontale, forehead

glabella, mesophyron - a smooth prominence of the frontal bone between and above the eyebrows; the most forward projecting point of the forehead in the midline at the level of the supraorbital ridges

metopion - the craniometric point midway between the frontal eminences of the skull

ophryon - the craniometric point in the midline of the forehead immediately above the orbits

membrane bone - any bone that develops within membranous tissue without previous cartilage formation; e.g. the clavicle and bones of the skull

braincase, brainpan, cranium - the part of the skull that encloses the brain

frontal eminence - either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit

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He had a long, thin body and the scholar's stoop; his head was large and ugly; he had pale scanty hair and an earthy skin; his thin mouth and thin, long nose, and the great protuberance of his frontal bones, gave him an uncouth look.

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It's easy to know the skull shape where the flesh is thin - the nasal bridge, the frontal bone.

Facing up to the past; Reconstruction of Cheddar Man's face throws up a few surprises for Kennis twins

Type 2 is the fronto-temporal type with irregular K like-shaped suture, in which the frontal bone directly contacts to the temporal bone (Fig.

Classification and Incidence of Pterion Patterns of Thai Skulls/ Clasificacion e Incidencia de los Patrones de Pterion en Craneos de Tailandia

A computed tomography scan performed with and without intravenous contrast revealed a heterogeneous mixed soft tissue and mineraldense mass with a small area of non-contrast-enhancing fluid density located between the orbits at the caudal aspect of the nasal passages, with associated lysis of the right caudal nasal passage and the right frontal bone.

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma in the skull of an orange-winged amazon parrot (amazona amazonica)

Mill out a bone hole about 3 mm in diameter behind the frontal bone zygomatic process (keyhole position).

Application of Keyhole Microneurosurgery in China

Along with this, the child had dry skin, sunken cheeks, depressed nasal bridge, protruded lips, prominent frontal bone, and supraorbital ridges [Figure 1].

Dental Management of Ectodermal Dysplasia: A Report of Two Cases

According to the embryonic hypothesis, the main places for paranasal sinus osteoma formation are osseous proliferations at the junctions where the cartilaginous ethmoid bone meets the membranous frontal bone (2).

Solitary Osteoma within the Cavity of a Pneumatized Middle Turbinate

Thickening of the squama of the frontal bone was evident as well as hyper-pneumatization of the left frontal sinus (Figures IB and 1C).

Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome--typical imaging features/Dajk-davidov-masonov sindrom--tipicne radioloske karakteristike sindroma

Destruction of the frontal sinus and frontal bone with intracranial extension into the frontal lobe was evident.

Primary ethmoid sinus squamous cell carcinoma in a young adult man

4) and exhibits a rostral protuberance in the frontal bone (PF) (Fig.

Osteologia craneal comparativa en el genero Sclerurus (Passeriformes: Furnariidae)

Resorption is common in the frontal bone, contributing to a convexity of the bone and ptosis of the brow.

The aging face: global approach with fillers and neuromodulators

Horn consists of central, conical core of living bone (cornual process), that grows out from frontal bone of skull.