frontal bone
Skull's forward section
The frontal bone is the bone forming the forehead and the upper part of the eye sockets.
It's a single bone in adults, though it develops from two halves that fuse in early childhood.
The blow fractured his frontal bone.
anatomy
Skull bone structure
- foreheadFace above eyebrows
- skullHead's bone casing
- orbitCurved celestial path
- glabellaForehead's lowest midpoint
coronal suture · brow ridge · ethmoid · sphenoid · parietal · calvaria
clinical
Split in hard material
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- contusionTissue damage beneath skin
- hematomaBlood collected outside vessels
- craniotomySurgical skull removal procedure
cranioplasty · sinusitis · osteomyelitis · CT scan · X-ray · concussion · head injury · surgical repair
development
Infant cranial membrane gap
- ossificationConversion to bone tissue
- fusionJoining into unity
- growth plateCartilage enabling bone elongation
- pediatricRelating to child medicine
cranium
Skull bone structure
glabella · coronal suture · brow ridge · ethmoid · sphenoid · parietal · calvaria
fracture
Split in hard material
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- contusionTissue damage beneath skin
- hematomaBlood collected outside vessels
craniotomy · cranioplasty · sinusitis · osteomyelitis · CT scan · X-ray · concussion · head injury · surgical repair
fontanelle
Infant cranial membrane gap
- ossificationConversion to bone tissue
- fusionJoining into unity
- growth plateCartilage enabling bone elongation
- bonesskull, femur, tibia, skulls, humerus
- skeletonskull, pelvis, ribs, sternum, vertebrae
- skull anatomyskull, cranium, braincase, mandible, maxilla
- skull partsskull cap, coronal suture, lambdoid suture, fontanelle, braincase
- fish bonesvertebra, vertebrae, rib, ribs, skull
- reptile bonesskull, femur, tibia, fibula, humerus