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Macrocephaly is a condition in which circumference of the human head is abnormally large. [1] It may be pathological or harmless, and can be a familial genetic characteristic. . People diagnosed with macrocephaly will receive further medical tests to determine whether the syndrome is accompanied by particular disorde
One metric of Blumenbachs classification was the line of the forehead, said to be higher among 'Caucasians' and lower among 'Mongolians' and 'Ethiopians' and this is the origin of the still common usage of 'highbrow' and 'lowbrow' ". [2]
In human anatomy, the forehead is an area of the head bounded by three features, two of the skull and one of the scalp. The top of the forehead is marked by the hairline , the edge of the area where hair on the scalp grows.
Signs of the disorder, which vary among individuals, include a disproportionately large skull with a slightly protrusive forehead, large hands and feet, large mandible, hypertelorism (an abnormally increased distance between the eyes), and downslanting eyes. Clumsiness, an awkward gait, and unusual aggressiveness or irritability may also occur.
Additionally, in science fiction, an extraterrestrial having a big head is often symbolic of high intelligence. Despite this depiction, advances in neurobiology have shown that the functional diversity of the brain means that a difference in overall brain size is only slightly to moderately correlated to differences in overall intelligence ...
“It took like seven hours because of my forehead and neck,” Manning said, via B/R Gridiron. ... Eli, Peyton said they won’t bee doing the show from the booth because his head is too big.
The first showed off her sweaty forehead while the second put her toned stomach muscles on display. JoJo Siwa Courtesy of JoJo Siwa/Instagram She continue. New year, new body. JoJo Siwa revealed ...
The face appears uneven, particularly in the areas of the eyes and cheeks, and the forehead appears wide and tall. [2] Because of the abnormal forehead, there is less space for the normal facial features to develop. This results in shallow eye sockets and flat cheekbones.