Frontal eminence

Frontal eminence

Infobox Bone
Name = Frontal eminence
Latin = t. frontale, e. frontalis
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Caption = Frontal bone. Outer surface. (Frontal eminence is labeled at center right.)


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On the frontal bone, on either side of the frontal suture, about 3 cm. above the supraorbital margin, is a rounded elevation, the frontal eminence (tuber frontale).

These eminences vary in size in different individuals, are occasionally unsymmetrical, and are especially prominent in young skulls; the surface of the bone above them is smooth, and covered by the galea aponeurotica.


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