| Meaning | The large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits. |
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| Synonyms | frontal bone, os frontale |
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| Part of | cranium, braincase, brainpan | The part of the skull that encloses the brain |
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| Parts | frontal eminence | Either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit |
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| glabella, mesophyron | A smooth prominence of the frontal bone between and above the eyebrows |
| 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 |
| Broader | membrane bone | Any bone that develops within membranous tissue without previous cartilage formation |
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| Spanish | frente, frontal, hueso frontal, os frontale |
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| Catalan | frontal, os frontal |
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