frontal bone

Introduction

Unpaired bone of the cranium, forming the forehead & roof of the orbit on either side.

Articulation

• articulates with the parietal bone, nasal concha, ethmoid bone, maxilla, zygomatic bone & lesser wing(s) of the sphenoid bone

More general terms

• bone

More specific terms

• nasal margin/border of frontal bone
• nasal part of frontal bone

Component of

• skull (cranium)

Components

• supraorbital foramen (notch)
• posterior ethmoidal foramen
• anterior ethmoidal foramen
• fossa for lacrimal gland
• zygomatic process of frontal bone