frontal crest


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frontal crest

[′frənt·əl ‚krest]
(anatomy)
A median ridge on the internal surface of the frontal bone in humans.
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The distal lamina of the hemispermatophore is relatively short and blunt, and its frontal crest and distal crest are poorly developed, therefore this specimen should be assigned to P.
The identity of Cercophonius himalayensis Lourenco, 1996, and the exclusion of the scorpion family Bothriuridae from the Indian fauna
2): A Well-defined lobulated heterogenous lesion with hyperdense and hypodense components in the anterior portion of right nasal cavity, with hypodense component appears to continue intracranially through a small defect of 1mm between crista galli and frontal crest (Fonticulus nasofrontalis)--findings may suggest glial heterotopias (Nasal glioma).
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There is no transverse frontal crest or hump between the orbits.
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