Frontal bone

The frontal bone or os frontis is a bone in the front of the human skull. The biggest part of the frontal bone is under the forehead. The name comes from the Latin word frons (meaning "forehead"). It bone is made up of three joined parts.^[1]

Frontal bone
Position of the frontal bone (highlighted in green).
19th Century skull showing sword-blade trauma on frontal bone.
Details
Articulations	Twelve bones: the sphenoid, the ethmoid, the two parietals, the two nasals, the two maxillæ, the two lacrimals, and the two zygomatics
Identifiers
Latin	Os frontale
MeSH	D005624
TA	A02.1.03.001
FMA	52734
Anatomical terms of bone [edit on Wikidata]

The illustration below shows the browridges which protected the Neanderthal face.

Neanderthal on right