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Noun: frontal bone
  1. The large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits
    "The frontal bone forms the forehead and brow ridges";
    - os frontale, forehead

Derived forms: frontal bones

Type of: membrane bone

Part of: braincase, brainpan, cranium

Encyclopedia: Frontal bone