"The bump, for example," says Bartsiokas, "is part of the opening in the skull's frontal bone called the supraorbital notch, through which a bundle of nerves and blood vessels pass." ❋ Unknown (2000)
For some curious reason the nerves most frequently involved are those which are most readily accessible for this kind of treatment, namely, the long nerve-threads which run from the inner third of the eyebrow up the forehead and over the crown of the head (the so-called supraorbital or frontal branches). ❋ Woods Hutchinson (1896)
A slight crinkle to the nose to pass for Bajoran; pointed ears, peaked eyebrows, and a green tint to the skin for Vulcan, as well as a bit of supraorbital ridge to suggest Romulan when needed; and maybe even the recessed basin in the forehead to make him appear like a Cardassian spoon-head. ❋ Toby O'B (2005)
The skull conforms mainly to the northern European type -- blunt orbital margins, flat supraorbital ridges, depressed glabella. ❋ Unknown (2003)
There was a small hole where the occipital and parietal bones met at the back of his head but no corresponding exit wound in the frontal bone, although a small fragment appeared to have been dislodged from the supraorbital foramen, the ridge of bone above the right eye, by the emerging bullet. ❋ John Connolly (2002)
The roll of muscle above Ng's massive supraorbital ridge lowered in concentration. ❋ Jonathan Nasaw (2001)
Right eyesocket (internal view): the left arrow shows the bony protuberance of the supraorbital notch, and the right arrow shows the frontal notch. ❋ Unknown (2000)
Right eyesocket (frontal view): the left arrow shows the bony protuberance of the supraorbital notch, and the right arrow shows the frontal notch. ❋ Unknown (2000)
Crushing blows to the frontal, parietal, sphenoid and supraorbital. ❋ Connelly, Michael, 1956- (1993)
Then he drew a red line from the junction of the baby's supraorbital ridges to the tip of his smallish nose. ❋ Auel, Jean M. (1980)
The cast of his features was similar, though more pronounced -- heavier supraorbital ridges, larger nose. ❋ Auel, Jean M. (1980)
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. ❋ Randall Garrett (1957)
Between the supraorbital margins the squama projects downward to a level below that of the zygomatic processes; this portion is known as the nasal part and presents a rough, uneven interval, the nasal notch, which articulates on either side of the middle line with the nasal bone, and laterally with the frontal process of the maxilla and with the lacrimal. ❋ Unknown (1918)
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. ❋ Unknown (1918)
A small aperture in the upper part of the notch transmits a vein from the diploë to join the supraorbital vein. ❋ Unknown (1918)
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. ❋ Unknown (1918)
The supraorbital margin ends laterally in the zygomatic process, which is strong and prominent, and articulates with the zygomatic bone. ❋ Unknown (1918)
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. ❋ Unknown (1918)
