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facial bone

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facial bone [′fā·shəl ‚bōn]
(anatomy)
The bone comprising the nose and jaws, formed by the maxilla, zygoma, nasal, lacrimal, palatine, inferior nasal concha, vomer, mandible, and parts of the ethmoid and sphenoid.


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