| Name: | frontal bone |
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| Definition: | Large elongated paired dermal bones that roof the cranium and bear part of the supraorbital canal. The frontal bones cover the upper edge of the lateral ethmoid, orbitosphenoid and pterosphenoids and overlaps the parietal bone posteriorly. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000514] |
| Name: | morphology |
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| Definition: | A quality of a single physical entity inhering in the bearer by virtue of the bearer's size or shape or structure. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0000051] |