Superciliary arches

Superciliary arches

Infobox Bone
Name = Superciliary arches
Latin = a. superciliaris
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Caption = Frontal bone. Outer surface. (Label for "Superciliary arch" at center right).


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On the squama frontalis of the frontal bone of the skull, below the frontal eminences, and separated from them by a shallow groove, are two arched elevations, the superciliary arches; these are prominent medially, and are joined to one another by a smooth elevation named the glabella.

Typically, the superciliary arches are more prominent in monkeys than in humans, and more in men than in women.


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