| Name: | frontal bone |
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| Definition: | Large elongated paired dermal bones that roof the cranium and bear part of the supraorbital canal. The frontal bones cover the upper edge of the lateral ethmoid, orbitosphenoid and pterosphenoids and overlaps the parietal bone posteriorly. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000514] |
| Name: | bone growth |
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| Definition: | The increase in size or mass of a bone that contributes to the shaping of that bone. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0098868] QuickGO AmiGO |