Frontal eminence
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| Bone: Frontal eminence | |
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| Frontal bone. Outer surface. (Frontal eminence is labeled at center right.) | |
| Latin | t. frontale, e. frontalis |
| Gray's | subject #33 135 |
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.
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.
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