Anatomical hierarchy

General Anatomy > Bones; Skeletal system > Axial skeleton > Cranium > Frontal bone > Squamous part > External surface > Superciliary arch

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Description

Below the frontal eminences, and separated from them by a shallow groove, are two arched elevations, the superciliary arches; these are prominent medially, and are joined to one another by a smooth elevation named the glabella.


This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).

Images

Schema Cranium:Facial aspect; Frontal aspect image Superciliary arch
Schema Cranium:Facial aspect; Frontal aspect image Superciliary arch
Schema Cranium:Facial aspect; Frontal aspect image Superciliary arch
Schema Cranium:Antero-lateral view image Superciliary arch
Schema Cranium:Antero-lateral view image Superciliary arch
Schema Cranium:Lateral aspect image Superciliary arch
Schema Cranium:Lateral aspect image Superciliary arch
Schema Cranium:Lateral aspect image Superciliary arch
Schema Cranium:Lateral aspect image Superciliary arch
Schema Cranium:Lateral aspect image Superciliary arch
Schema Cranium:Superior aspect; Vertical aspect image Superciliary arch
Schema Cranium:Superior aspect; Vertical aspect image Superciliary arch
Schema Orbital cavity image Superciliary arch
Schema Orbital cavity image Superciliary arch
Schema Pterygopalatine fossa image Superciliary arch
Schema Pterygopalatine fossa image Superciliary arch
Schema Frontal bone image Superciliary arch
Schema Orbital cavity image Superciliary arch
Schema Extraocular muscles image Superciliary arch
Schema Extraocular muscles image Superciliary arch
Schema Arteries image Superciliary arch
Schema Veins image Superciliary arch
Schema Nerves image Superciliary arch
Schema Anatomical cross-sections image Superciliary arch
Schema Anatomical cross-sections image Superciliary arch
CT Axial image Superciliary arch
CT Sagittal image Superciliary arch
CT Coronal image Superciliary arch
3D 3D - Bones image Superciliary arch
CT Axial image Superciliary arch
CT Sagittal image Superciliary arch
CT Coronal image Superciliary arch

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