Frontal eminence

Frontal eminence
Frontal bone. Outer surface. (Frontal eminence is labeled at center right.)
Details
Part ofFrontal bone of skull
SystemSkeletal
Identifiers
Latintuber frontale,
eminentia frontalis
TA98A02.1.03.004
TA2523
FMA52852
Anatomical terms of bone

A frontal eminence (or tuber frontale) is either of two rounded elevations on the frontal bone of the skull. They lie about 3 cm above the supraorbital margin on each side of the frontal suture. They are the site of ossification of the frontal bone during embryological development, although may not be the first site.[1]

The frontal eminences vary in size in different individuals, are occasionally asymmetrical, and are especially prominent in young skulls. The surface of the bone above them is smooth, and covered by the epicranial aponeurosis.

  1. ^ Inman, Verne T.; de C. M. Saunders, John B. (April 1937). "The Ossification of the Human Frontal Bone". Journal of Anatomy. 71 (Pt 3): 383–394.1. ISSN 0021-8782. PMC 1252324. PMID 17104647.