| Term: | frontal bone anatomical region |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| 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: | anatomical region |
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| Definition: | A 3D region in space without well-defined compartmental boundaries; for example, the dorsal region of an ectoderm. |
| Ontology: | Spatial Ontology [BSPO:0000070] |