Frontal Bone (Noun)
Meaning
The large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The frontal bone provides protection for the eyes by forming the upper part of the orbits in the skull.
- Fractures to the frontal bone often occur due to severe blunt trauma to the forehead.
- A detailed analysis of the frontal bone is often required in the field of anthropology to determine a skeleton's age and sex.
- During fetal development, two frontal bones are formed that later fuse to become one bone.
- A surgeon may need to access the frontal bone during certain types of reconstructive surgery on the skull.