frontal bone
nounDefinition of frontal bone
: a bone that forms the forehead and roofs over most of the orbits and nasal cavity and that at birth consists of two halves separated by a suture
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CT scan images of the skull roof (frontal bone in pink, parietal in green) a chicken, the birdlike dinosaur Zanabazar, the primitive dinosaur Herrerasaurus, and Proterosuchus. — Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics, "The Real Science of Bringing Back the Dinosaurs," 20 June 2018 Enshrined in the temple are all sorts of relics: a collar and frontal bone of the Buddha, the Celonese Tooth of Kandy, and an emerald Buddha from China. — Antonia Neubauer, Town & Country, "How to Plan a Trip to Asia," 5 Oct. 2016 The procedure would have involved temporary surgical removal of part of the frontal bone of the skull and excision of the bone tumor to close the leak that was sending air into the brain. — Mark Lieber, CNN, "Doctors find air pocket hidden in man's brain," 13 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'frontal bone.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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