facial structure
How faces differ
Facial structure refers to the underlying bone and cartilage arrangement that gives a face its distinctive shape—the cheekbones, jawline, brow ridge, and nose.
The term appears in discussions of beauty, forensics, and medical contexts: She has striking facial structure.
Plastic surgeons and anthropologists analyze facial structure for different purposes—aesthetics versus identification and ancestry.
- physiognomyCharacter from appearance
- facial featuresElements composing a face
- jawlineLower facial boundary
- maxillaUpper jaw bone
- mandibleLower facial bone
square jaw · frontal bone · skull · cheekbones · symmetry · nasal bone · high cheekbones · genetics · cleft palate repair · aging · malar · proportion · contour · prenatal development · chin · brow ridge · craniofacial · mastication
- sex traitsbreasts, facial hair, body hair, voice deepening, deep voice
- body measurementsheight, weight, waist circumference, head circumference, shoulder width
- osteometrylong bones, skull shape, cranial capacity, body proportions, sex determination
facial structuresoft tissue
Non-rigid body structures
skin · subcutaneous fat · flesh · dermis · epidermis