Editing Frontal bone (section)

{{Short description|Bone in the human skull}}
{{Infobox bone
| Name          = Frontal bone
| Latin         = os frontale
| Image2         = File:Frontal bone - animation 02.gif
| Caption2       = Animation of the frontal bone
| Image        = Frontal bone lateral3.png
| Caption      = Position of the frontal bone (highlighted in green).
| Origins       =
| Insertions    =
| Articulations = Twelve bones: the [[sphenoid bone|sphenoid]], the [[ethmoid bone|ethmoid]], the two [[Parietal bone|parietal]]s, the two [[Nasal bone|nasals]], the two [[maxilla]]e, the two [[lacrimal bone|lacrimals]], and the two [[zygomatic bone|zygomatics]]
}}

In the [[human skull]], the '''frontal bone''' or '''sincipital bone''' is an unpaired [[bone]] which consists of two portions.<ref name="Gray's">''[[Gray's Anatomy]]'' (1918)</ref> These are the vertically oriented [[squamous part of the frontal bone|squamous part]], and the horizontally oriented [[orbital part of frontal bone|orbital part]], making up the bony part of the [[forehead]], part of the bony [[orbital cavity]] holding the eye, and part of the bony part of the [[Human nose|nose]] respectively. The name comes from the Latin word ''frons'' (meaning "[[forehead]]").