| NOUN | body | os frontale, frontal bone, forehead | the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium |
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| 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, forehead | |
| Part of | cranium, braincase, brainpan | The part of the skull that encloses the brain |
| Parts | frontal eminence | Either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit |
| 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 |
| Spanish | frente, frontal, hueso frontal, os frontale | |
| Catalan | frontal, os frontal | |
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