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Forehead
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| Forehead | |
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| Actor Patrick Stewart; hair loss in males often accentuates the forehead | |
| Latin | frons |
| Artery | supraorbital, supratrochlear |
| Vein | supraorbital, frontal |
| MeSH | Forehead |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | f_16z/12379682 |
In human anatomy, the forehead or brow is the bony part of the head above the eyes.
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In modern humans it is vertical, ending at the hairline where the head flattens out.
Muscles of the forehead include the frontalis, which moves and contracts the forehead's scalp.
A popular stereotype is that having a large forehead signifies a high level of intelligence, although this is more of an old wives' tale than anything else.
The forehead is a popular place for decoration and religious symbolism in many cultures. In India, women often decorate their foreheads with bindis. On Ash Wednesday, Roman Catholic priests bless worshippers by marking their foreheads with ashes in the shape of a cross.
Most people tend to show their foreheads, while some people tend to hide their foreheads with a fringe.
Historically, the word has rhymed with "horrid" RP: [ˈfɒɹɪd], GenAm: [ˈfɔɹɪd], but the spelling pronunciation RP: [ˈfɔːhɛd], GenAm: [ˈfɔɹhɛd] has become more common in recent years.[1]
HEAD: Skull - Forehead – Eye – Ear – Nose – Mouth – Tongue – Teeth – Jaw – Face – Cheek – Chin
NECK: Throat – Adam's apple - Larynx
TORSO: Shoulders – Spine – Chest – Breast – Ribcage – Abdomen – Navel
LIMBS: Arm – Elbow – Forearm – Wrist – Hand – Finger (Thumb/Index/Middle/Ring/Little) – Leg – Lap – Thigh – Knee – Calf – Heel – Ankle – Foot – Toe (Hallux)
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