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Frontal bone — Bone: Frontal bone Frontal bone highlighted in red Latin os frontale Gray s … Wikipedia
Frontal suture — Bone: Frontal suture Skull at birth, seen from above … Wikipedia
Frontal crest — Bone: Frontal crest Frontal bone. Inner surface. (Frontal crest visible at center but not labeled.) Latin crista frontalis Gray s … Wikipedia
frontal crest — n a median ridge on the internal surface of the vertical part of the human frontal bone * * * frontal crest, internal crista frontalis … Medical dictionary
Bone — is the substance that forms the skeleton of the body. It is composed chiefly of calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate. It also serves as a storage area for calcium, playing a large role in calcium balance in the blood. The 206 bones in the body … Medical dictionary
frontal process — n 1) a long plate that is part of the maxillary bone and contributes to the formation of the lateral part of the nose and of the nasal cavity called also nasal process 2) a process of the zygomatic bone articulating superiorly with the frontal… … Medical dictionary
Frontal scale — refers to the scales of a snake which lie in the general region of the forehead of a snake, more sprecifically between the eyes and to the anterior of this area. These are analogous to the frontal bone on a human which corresponds to the forehead … Wikipedia
frontal sinus — n either of two air spaces lined with mucous membrane each of which lies within the frontal bone above one of the orbits * * * see paranasal sinuses * * * sinus frontalis [TA] one of the paired irregular shaped paranasal sinuses located in the… … Medical dictionary
Frontal — Fron tal, n. [F. frontal, fronteau, OF. Frontel, frontal, L. frontale an ornament for the forehead, frontlet. See {Front}.] 1. Something worn on the forehead or face; a frontlet; as: (a) An ornamental band for the hair. (b) (Mil.) The metal face… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Frontal hammer — Frontal Fron tal, n. [F. frontal, fronteau, OF. Frontel, frontal, L. frontale an ornament for the forehead, frontlet. See {Front}.] 1. Something worn on the forehead or face; a frontlet; as: (a) An ornamental band for the hair. (b) (Mil.) The… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
