Frontal bone

The frontal bone or  os frontis is a bone in the front of the human skull. The biggest part of the frontal bone is under the forehead. The name comes from the Latin word frons (meaning "forehead"). It bone is made up of three joined parts.Gray's Anatomy (1918). (See infobox)

The illustration below shows the browridges which protected the Neanderthal face.


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Category:Bones of the skull