What's the difference between forehead and skullcap?

Forehead


Definition:

  • (n.) The front of that part of the head which incloses the brain; that part of the face above the eyes; the brow.
  • (n.) The aspect or countenance; assurance.
  • (n.) The front or fore part of anything.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Average exposure during angiocardiography to the forehead was 3.2 mrem., to the hand 4.2 mrem.
  • (2) Is there not enough material available, can neck-, breast-or forehead flaps cover the defect, although they do not fulfill the demands for a satisfactory restoration of specific function.
  • (3) After all those years imagining what he would look like; first his hair, then his forehead and then those blue, blue eyes gradually revealed themselves.
  • (4) Report on a 79 years old female patient with a giant basalioma terebrans which has been growing for 15 years at the forehead.
  • (5) The forehead flap covers fabricated composite flaps of intravasal lining and primary cartilage grafts that create the subsurface architecture of the external nose.
  • (6) Traumatic endothelial rings were observed in the cornea obtained from a 4-year-old boy after a fatal gunshot wound to the forehead.
  • (7) The infant, who was utterly small for his gestational age, showed an aberrant motoric pattern and a high forehead, low-set ears, a prominent occiput and scoliosis, an extension defect in the knee joints and flexed, ulnar-deviated wrists.
  • (8) These changes comprised macrocephaly, prominent forehead, micrognathia, large fontanelle, flat nasal bridge, low-set ears, facial capillary naevi, cardiac defect and small size for gestational age.
  • (9) For the treatment of defects of the lateral nasal wall, in addition to the insular flap operation from the nasolabial region and the forehead, the medial frontal flap technique as described by Kazanjian is particularly recommended.
  • (10) When she returned she had a large bruise on her forehead.
  • (11) The patient's main phenotypic features were short-limb dwarfism, craniofacial disproportion with prominent forehead, short neck and trunk with pectus carinatum, and platyspondyly, protuberant abdomen, acromesomelic shortness of limbs, bilateral palm simian crease, short feet with brachydactyly of the 2nd toe, and prominent heels.
  • (12) (Has anyone come across a couple who have tried this successfully, without one smashing the bottle of wine across the other's forehead?
  • (13) Common signs and symptoms include forehead laceration and deformity, and fracture of the frontal sinus.
  • (14) Large defects after Mohs' surgery for these lesions may involve the nose, cheek, forehead, and other parts of the face as well as the eyelids, medial canthus, and lacrimal drainage system.
  • (15) The P100 latency was measured at Oz with a forehead reference (Pz, O1 and O2 channels were also recorded).
  • (16) forehead for 0-3 days, chest for 4-5 days, sternum for 6 days and later).
  • (17) Its utility thus rivals the more commonly used medially based deltopectoral flap and forehead flap.
  • (18) An aneurysm of the superficial temporal artery is a rare lesion, which should be suspected after blunt trauma to the forehead that is followed by the appearance of a pulsatile cystic lesion in the region of the superficial temporal artery.
  • (19) Procedures included forehead and orbital repositioning, frontofacial advancement, Le Fort III and particularly Le Fort I osteotomies, as well as mandibular osteotomies and fracture repair.
  • (20) The detergent scrub technique was used for harvesting corneocytes from three body regions (forehead, palm, and sole) of normal persons (n = 20) under casual conditions and after thorough defattening of the skin with 70% isopropyl alcohol or petrol.

Skullcap


Definition:

  • (n.) A cap which fits the head closely; also, formerly, a headpiece of iron sewed inside of a cap for protection.
  • (n.) Any plant of the labiate genus Scutellaria, the calyx of whose flower appears, when inverted, like a helmet with the visor raised.
  • (n.) The Lophiomys.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The frequently observed osteolysis after reimplantation of deep-frozen skullcap bone have led us to use polyacryl as the material of choice if a secondary covering of a skull bone defect becomes necessary.
  • (2) It makes me strong.” Francis co-hosted a multi-faith service in the Foundation Hall of the Memorial Museum, a rainbow tableau of robes, skullcaps and shawls.
  • (3) As the curtains part to reveal a giant gold replica of the Ark of the Covenant, a preacher in a skullcap walks on to the stage and extols family values to a congregation of thousands.
  • (4) Our experience has shown that rapid rehabilitation of the injured person can only be expected after skullcap reconstruction and normalization of intracranial conditions.
  • (5) Earmuffs and helmets don’t really mix, so use anything from a full-head skullcap to a headband.
  • (6) As the wind flew off with his papal skullcap, known as a zuchetta, he hugged and kissed the children.
  • (7) Already, a group from Derry plans to challenge Palestinian and Israeli children to do the equivalent – swap a hijab for a skullcap – at an international schools encounter in Genoa.
  • (8) Before he was even booked, he asked first sergeant Yohanan Ronen to reach into the pocket of his jeans, pull out his skullcap, and put it on his head.
  • (9) On Thursday, wearing white traditional robes and a skullcap, Buhari told crowds during his acceptance speech in Lagos: “The lives of the poor are bled dry while those of the wealthy soak in abundance.
  • (10) He knew Sunday's group were Jewish because of the skullcaps and he knew the story of the 1945 bomb.
  • (11) After all, the men wore skullcaps, the prayers were in Hebrew.
  • (12) What is necessary is that it is possible to live in France as a Jew, not be afraid to go in the street with a kippa [skullcap] on your head.” In some respects, the debate among Israelis, not least French-speaking Israelis, is unsurprising, reflecting the long and sometimes heated historic conversation within Zionism about the relationship with the Jewish diaspora.
  • (13) Then 90% of the skullcap-expansion is completed and surgeries of bone-deformities of palate can be done.
  • (14) Her "secularism policy" would ban religious symbols such as headscarves, skullcaps and hijabs in public offices.
  • (15) The volunteers all wore skullcaps, which contained electrodes, to monitor the electrical activity in the brain.

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