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Frontal Bone
Frontal Bone in Detail
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
04/12/2016

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Term
Articulates with...
Definition

Parietal Bone

Sphenoid bone

Lacrimal bones

nasal bone

ethmoid bone

zygomatic bone

maxillae

Term
Single or Paired?
Definition

Single

Fused midline bone

Forms anterior portion of skull (forehead and roof of orbit)

Term
Zygomatic Process
Definition

Lateral to the orbit

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Term
Frontal Eminence
Definition
Forehead Eminence[image]
Term
Glabella
Definition

Smooth elevated area between eyebrows

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Term
Supraorbital Ridge
Definition

Ridges subadhacent to eyebrows

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Term
Supraorbital Notch
Definition
Allows passage of supraorbital artery and nerve from orbit to forehead[image]
Term
Lacrimal Fossa
Definition
Contains the lacrimal gland which produces lacrimal fluid (tears)
Term
Supraorbital Notch
Definition

located on medial part of the supraorbital ridge

 

Where the supraorbital artery and nerve travel from the orbit to the head

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Term
Frontal Sinuses
Definition

Located in frontal bone superior to nasal cavity

 

Communicates and drains into nasal cavity[image]

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