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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.
The forehead is referred to as the frontal region. The eyes are referred to as the orbital or ocular region. The cheeks are referred to as the buccal region. The ears are referred to as the auricle or otic region. The nose is referred to as the nasal region. The mouth is referred to as the oral region. The chin is referred to as the mental region.
In the human skull, the frontal bone or sincipital bone is a unpaired bone which consists of two portions. [1] These are the vertically oriented squamous part, and the horizontally oriented orbital part, making up the bony part of the forehead, part of the bony orbital cavity holding the eye, and part of the bony part of the nose respectively.
In bird anatomy, the crown is the top of the head, or more specifically the zone from the frons, or forehead, extending posteriorly to the occiput and laterally on both sides to the temples. The upper part of the head, including frons, crown, and occiput, is called the pileum. [7]
Anatomy of the human head. The human head consists of a fleshy outer portion, which surrounds the bony skull.The brain is enclosed within the skull. There are 22 bones in the human head.
The brow ridges are often not well expressed in human females, as pictured above in a female skull, and are most easily seen in profile. The brow ridge, or supraorbital ridge known as superciliary arch in medicine, is a bony ridge located above the eye sockets of all primates and some other animals.
Peyton Manning’s ever-growing forehead has been a hilarious talking point for fans across the league. The star quarterback has always had self-awareness and that was on fully display tonight.
The forehead, comprising the skin beneath the hairline, bordered laterally by the temples and inferiorly by eyebrows and ears; The eyes, sitting in the orbit and protected by eyelids and eyelashes; The distinctive human nose shape, nostrils, and nasal septum; The cheeks, covering the maxilla and mandible (or jaw), the extremity of which is the chin