Frontoethmoidal suture

Frontoethmoidal suture

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Caption = Base of the skull. Upper surface. (Frontoethmoidal suture is not labeled, but is visible at top, between frontal bone in blue, and ethmoid bone in white.)


Caption2 = Left zygomatic bone in situ.
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The frontoethmoidal suture is the suture between the ethmoid bone and the frontal bone.

It is located in the anterior cranial fossa.

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