Area of the head between the eyebrows and the hairline
Forehead
Male forehead
Details
System
Multiple
Artery
Supraorbital, supratrochlear
Vein
Supraorbital, frontal
Nerve
Trigeminal, facial
Identifiers
Latin
sinciput
MeSH
D005546
TA98
A01.1.00.002 A02.1.00.013
TA2
101
FMA
63864
Anatomical terminology
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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 bottom of the forehead is marked by the supraorbital ridge, the bone feature of the skull above the eyes. The two sides of the forehead are marked by the temporal ridge, a bone feature that links the supraorbital ridge to the coronal suture line and beyond.[1][2] However, the eyebrows do not form part of the forehead.
In Terminologia Anatomica, sinciput is given as the Latin equivalent to "forehead" (etymology of sinciput: from semi- "half" and caput "head".[3]).
^David M. Knize & Mel Drisko (2001). The Forehead and Temporal Fossa: Anatomy and Technique. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 4. ISBN 9780781720748.
^Valencia D. Thomas; Wendy Long Mitchell; Neil A. Swanson; Thomas E. Rohrer & Ken K. Lee (2007). "Reconstructive surgery of Skin Cancer defects". In Keyvan Nouri (ed.). Skin Cancer. McGraw-Hill Professional. p. 523. ISBN 9780071472562.
^"Origin and meaning of sinciput". etymonline.com.
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