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Osteology

Frontal bone, inferior view

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Osteology
Frontal bone, inferior view
1 . Frontal tuber
2 . Supraorbital foramen
3 . Frontal sinus
4 . Fossa of lacrimal gland
5 . Zygomatic process
6 . Temporal line & temporal surface
7 . Articular surface for greater wing sphenoid bone
8 . Surface facing middle cranial fossa
9 . Area which forms roof over ethmoidal cells
10 . Posterior ethmoidal foramen
11 . Ethmoidal incisure
12 . Frontal bone (squamous part)
13 . Parietal margin
14 . Glabella
15 . Nasal margin
16 . Frontal spine
17 . Area forming part of roof of nasal fossa
18 . Canal opening into diploic space
19 . Supraorbital margin
20 . Trochlear pit
21 . Anterior-ethmoidal foramen
22 . Orbital surface