The cast of his features was similar, though more pronounced -- heavier supraorbital ridges, larger nose. From Wordnik.com. [The Clan of the Cave Bear]
Then he drew a red line from the junction of the baby's supraorbital ridges to the tip of his smallish nose. From Wordnik.com. [The Clan of the Cave Bear]
Right eyesocket (frontal view): the left arrow shows the bony protuberance of the supraorbital notch, and the right arrow shows the frontal notch. From Wordnik.com. [Not Philip II of Macedon] Reference
Right eyesocket (internal view): the left arrow shows the bony protuberance of the supraorbital notch, and the right arrow shows the frontal notch. From Wordnik.com. [Not Philip II of Macedon] Reference
He more than made up for his lack of cranial growth, however, by his great, shaggy, bristly brows, black as jet and firmly anchored to jutting supraorbital ridges. From Wordnik.com. [Unwise Child] Reference
In several cases the supraorbital arches are prominent. From Wordnik.com. [The Negrito and Allied Types in the Philippines and The Ilongot or Ibilao of Luzon] Reference
At the supraorbital foramen it frequently transmits a branch to the diploë. From Wordnik.com. [VI. The Arteries. 3a. 4. The Internal Carotid Artery] Reference
Expanded frontals form a frontal shield with prominent supraorbital processes. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
There was occasional marked supraorbital development, retreating chin, and prognathism. From Wordnik.com. [The Negrito and Allied Types in the Philippines and The Ilongot or Ibilao of Luzon] Reference
The supraorbital artery can usually be detected immediately above the supraorbital notch or foramen. From Wordnik.com. [XII. Surface Anatomy and Surface Markings. 1. Surface Anatomy of the Head and Neck] Reference
Midway between the apex and base of the orbit it divides into two branches, supratrochlear and supraorbital. From Wordnik.com. [IX. Neurology. 5e. The Trigeminal Nerve] Reference
A small aperture in the upper part of the notch transmits a vein from the diploë to join the supraorbital vein. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 5a. 3. The Frontal Bone] Reference
The supraorbital foramen is situated at the junction of the medial and intermediate thirds of the supraorbital margin. From Wordnik.com. [XII. Surface Anatomy and Surface Markings. 2. Surface Markings of Special Regions of the Head and Neck] Reference
Additional muscular branches are given off from the lacrimal and supraorbital arteries, or from the trunk of the ophthalmic. From Wordnik.com. [VI. The Arteries. 3a. 4. The Internal Carotid Artery] Reference
Pressing of a myositic deposit will cause acute pain, often extending to the supraorbital nerve and eyelid of the corresponding side. From Wordnik.com. [Massage and the Original Swedish Movements] Reference
His ears were greatly developed, his supraorbital arches most pronounced, and his whole appearance like a restoration of primitive man. From Wordnik.com. [The Negrito and Allied Types in the Philippines and The Ilongot or Ibilao of Luzon] Reference
On either side of this suture, about 3 cm. above the supraorbital margin, is a rounded elevation, the frontal eminence (tuber frontale). From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 5a. 3. The Frontal Bone] Reference
The supraorbital margin ends laterally in the zygomatic process, which is strong and prominent, and articulates with the zygomatic bone. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 5a. 3. The Frontal Bone] Reference
At the root of the nose the veins diverge, and, each at the medial angle of the orbit, joins the supraorbital vein, to form the angular vein. From Wordnik.com. [VII. The Veins. 3b. The Veins of the Head and Neck] Reference
In the skull, the supraorbital processes of the frontals are broader in the rorquals than in others, and the olfactory fossa is less elongated. From Wordnik.com. [Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon] Reference
The supraorbital vein (v. supraorbitalis) begins on the forehead where it communicates with the frontal branch of the superficial temporal vein. From Wordnik.com. [VII. The Veins. 3b. The Veins of the Head and Neck] Reference
Dealing with the ophthalmic nerve, severe supraorbital pain is commonly associated with acute glaucoma or with disease of the frontal or ethmoidal air cells. From Wordnik.com. [IX. Neurology. 5e. The Trigeminal Nerve] Reference
The supraorbital nerve (n. supraorbitalis) passes through the supraorbital foramen, and gives off, in this situation, palpebral filaments to the upper eyelid. From Wordnik.com. [IX. Neurology. 5e. The Trigeminal Nerve] Reference
The more anterior branches supply the Frontalis, the Orbicularis oculi, and the Corrugator, and join the supraorbital and lacrimal branches of the ophthalmic. From Wordnik.com. [IX. Neurology. 5g. The Facial Nerve] Reference
The supraorbital margin ends laterally in the zygomatic process which articulates with the zygomatic bone, and from it the temporal line extends upward and backward. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 5c. The Exterior of the Skull] Reference
It passes through the ring of the stapes and divides into supraorbital, infraorbital, and mandibular branches which follow the three divisions of the trigeminal nerve. From Wordnik.com. [V. Angiology. 3. Development of the Vascular System] Reference
Communications are also on record of local decolorization of the eyebrows and lashes in neuralgias of isolated branches of the trigeminus, especially of the supraorbital nerve. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
The frontal bone is ossified in membrane from two primary centers, one for each half, which appear toward the end of the second month of fetal life, one above each supraorbital margin. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 5a. 3. The Frontal Bone] Reference
Sensibility was lost to all forms of stimuli in the right upper eyelid, forehead, and anterior part of the scalp, corresponding with the distribution of the supraorbital and nasal nerves. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
At the junction of its medial and intermediate thirds is a notch, sometimes converted into a foramen, the supraorbital notch or foramen, which transmits the supraorbital vessels and nerve. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 5a. 3. The Frontal Bone] Reference
In some cases the paralysis is confined to the lid, the injury having been sustained by the muscles which raise it, or by the supraorbital nerve, which emerges from the bone just above the eye. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
In stroking the forehead place the thumbs between the eyebrows and stroke firmly over the temples to the ears, both thumbs working together, so as to act upon the supraorbital nerve (see Fig. 22). From Wordnik.com. [Massage and the Original Swedish Movements] Reference
Beneath each superciliary arch is a curved and prominent margin, the supraorbital margin, which forms the upper boundary of the base of the orbit, and separates the squama from the orbital portion of the bone. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 5a. 3. The Frontal Bone] Reference
Terminal branches of this nerve, viz., the supraorbital branch of the ophthalmic, the infraorbital of the maxillary, and the mental of the mandibular emerge from corresponding foramina on the face (Fig. 1200). From Wordnik.com. [XII. Surface Anatomy and Surface Markings. 2. Surface Markings of Special Regions of the Head and Neck] Reference
"Dual left supraorbital foramina.". From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
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