Definition of Os frontale

1. Noun. The large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits.

Exact synonyms: Forehead, Frontal Bone
Terms within: Glabella, Mesophyron, Metopion, Ophryon, Frontal Eminence
Generic synonyms: Membrane Bone
Group relationships: Braincase, Brainpan, Cranium

Medical Definition of Os frontale

1. The large single bone forming the forehead and the upper margin and roof of the orbit on either side; it articulates with the parietal, nasal, ethmoid, maxillary, and zygomatic bones, and with the lesser wings of the sphenoid. Synonym: os frontale, coronale. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Os Frontale

os capitatum
os capitatum
os centrale
os centrale tarsi
os clitoridis
os coccygis
os costale
os coxae
os cuboideum
os cuneiforme intermedium
os cuneiforme laterale
os cuneiforme mediale
os ethmoidale
os femoris
os frontale (current term)
os frontale (current term)
os hamatum
os hamatum
os hyoideum
os hyoideum
os iliacum
os ilium
os incae
os incisivum
os innominatum
os intermaxillare
os intermedium
os intermetatarseum
os interparietale
os irregulare

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