Frontal tuberosity

Tuber frontale

Definition

Andréa Lopes da Costa

The frontal tuberosity is a bump located on the external surface of the squamous part of the frontal bone, above the supraorbital margin and the superciliary arch.

It is more developed in Men than in the other species in which it exists.

References

  • Barone R. Anatomie comparée des mammifères domestiques, Tome 1, Ostéologie, 5th edition, Vigot, Paris, 2017.

  • Constantinescu GM, Schaller O. Illustrated veterinary anatomical nomenclature, 3rd Edition, Enke Verlag, Stuttgart, 2012.

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