Where it is
The base of the forehead: above the orbits, between the nasal and the parietal bones.
- Layer
- Skeleton
- System
- Axial skeleton
- Region
- Head
What it is and what it does
The frontal bone, paired, forms the base of the forehead region: the nasal and orbital parts belong to the face, the squamous part to the roof of the skull. In the dog, the supraorbital process is very short, so the upper edge of the orbit is incomplete, as in the pig, and is closed by the orbital ligament. The frontal sinus, divided into compartments in the dog, is hollowed out in this bone, above the lateral masses of the ethmoid.
Worth remembering
The upper edge of the orbit is not complete in bone in the dog: a ligament closes it.
Names
- Latin term: os frontale.
- In Romanian: Osul frontal (Romanian page).