The frontal bone or `os frontis` is a bone in the human skull. The name comes from the Latin word frons (meaning `forehead`). The bone resembles a cockleshell in form, and consists of three portions: ==Structure== ===Borders=== The border of the squama frontalis is thick, strongly serrated, bevelled at the expense of the inner table above, whe...
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(from the article `skull`) ...is the occipital bone, which has a central opening (foramen magnum) to admit the spinal cord. The parietal and temporal bones form the sides and ... The cranium forms all the upper portion of the skull, with the bones of the face situated beneath its forward part. It consists of a relatively few ... [2 r...
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One of four main bones which make up the vault of the cranium, the others being the two parietal bones and the occipital bone. The frontal bone has two parts: the vertical portion, called the squama frontalis, which comprises the substance of the forehead; and the orbital or horizontal portion, ca...
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The large single bone forming the forehead and the upper margin and roof of the orbit on either side; it articulates with the parietal, nasal, ethmoid, maxillary, and zygomatic bones, and with the lesser wings of the sphenoid. ... Synonym: os frontale, coronale. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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the bone at the anterior part of the skull, which forms the skeleton of the forehead. It is developed from two halves and the line of separation (the frontal suture) that marks where the halves joined sometimes persists in adult life.
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The bone that closes the frontal part of the cranial cavity.
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An unimpaired cranial bone forming the forehead and the greater part of the orbital roof, and lying in front of the parietals.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. the large single bone forming the forehead (anterior wall of the neurocranium) and the upper margin and roof of the orbit on either side; it articulates with the parietal, nasal, ethmoid, maxillary, and zygomatic bones, and with the lesser wings of the sphenoid. Synonyms: os frontale, coronale1 &...
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Frontal bone: The large bone that makes up the forehead and supplies the upper edge and roof of the orbit (eye socket). The frontal bone articulates (comes together) with a number of other bones including the parietal, nasal, ethmoid, maxillary, and zygomatic bones.
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The frontal bone is one of the flat cranial bones that forms the forehead and roof of the orbits. The frontal bone also forms the upper part of the nasal cavity as well as forming the floor of the skull, where the brain is housed. Two cavities, the frontal sinuses, lie within the frontal bone, just behind the spots above each orbit. The frontal bon...
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n] - the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: the forehead and the upper part of the orbits
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os frontale noun the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits
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a broad membrane bone of the skull, forming the forehead and the upper portion of each orbit. See diag. under
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front part of the skull.
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