(a.) Of or pertaining to the forehead or the anterior part of the roof of the brain case; as, the frontal bones.
(n.) Something worn on the forehead or face; a frontlet
(n.) An ornamental band for the hair.
(n.) The metal face guard of a soldier.
(n.) A little pediment over a door or window.
(n.) A movable, decorative member in metal, carved wood, or, commonly, in rich stuff or in embroidery, covering the front of the altar. Frontals are usually changed according to the different ceremonies.
(n.) A medicament or application for the forehead.
(n.) The frontal bone, or one of the two frontal bones, of the cranium.
Example Sentences:
(1) The findings suggest that these two syndromes are associated with dysfunction at two different sites within the frontal lobes.
(2) For the case described by the author primary tearing of the chiasma due to sudden applanation of the skull in the frontal region with burstfractures in the anterior cranial fossa is assumed.
(3) Results showed a clear relationship between subjects' baseline frontal EMG levels and the effect of the training methods.
(4) Case 3 was that of a 70-year-old female with left impaired vision and frontal headache.
(5) Total abolition of the CR ensued when the wave of CSD reached the motor (frontal) cortex and again was independent of the CS modality.
(6) Five daily injections of TGF beta-1 or -2 were administered subcutaneously over the frontal and parietal bones of seven-week-old mice.
(7) Four had partial simple seizures with secondary generalisation and 3 had cortical excisions (2 frontal, 1 occipital lobe) surgery.
(8) We report the case of a premature infant, small for gestational age, who experienced rostral herniation of a portion of frontal lobe through the anterior fontanel as the result of a hemorrhagic cerebellar infarction followed by a large parieto-occipital intracerebral hemorrhage.
(9) The alterations in DS frontal cortex included decreases in (n-6) and increases in (n-3) groups in choline and ethanolamine phosphoglycerides (CPG and EPG), as had previously been found in EPG and serine phosphoglyceride (SPG) of the DS fetal brain.
(10) Severity of leukoaraiosis around the frontal horns of the lateral ventricles correlated significantly with severity of leukoaraiosis of the centrum semiovale adjacent to the bodies of the lateral ventricles.
(11) Results are interpreted in terms of a hypothesized selective effect of alcohol on frontal cortical inhibitory functions.
(12) For both early and late P300 peaks, ERC patterns following feedback about inaccurate performance involved more frontal sites than did those following feedback about accurate performance.
(13) The hippocampus plays an essential role in the laying down of cognitive memories, the pathway to the frontal lobe being via the MD thalamus.
(14) The authors report a case of total bladder duplication by frontal septum.
(15) Increased intensity of stereotypy was observed reaching a maximum 14 days after frontal lobe damage.
(16) There were no differences in brain metabolic rates in lateral cortical areas (frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes).
(17) Dorsomedial frontal cortex (DMFC) was studied in monkeys trained to make visually guided eye or arm movements.
(18) The effects on skull growth of plating the coronal suture and frontal bone were studied in New Zealand White rabbits.
(19) Bilateral temporal epilepsies involving the limbic system on the one hand, bilateral frontal epilepsies on the other one, and P.M. status which may be paralleled, make these patients more susceptible to acute mental confusions, to acute thymic disorders, to delirious attacks.
(20) In 2 patients the frontally recorded SEP component P20 was lost; in one of them the activity of mainly the tangential dipole was reduced.
Nasion
Definition:
(n.) The middle point of the nasofrontal suture.
Example Sentences:
(1) The sagittal distribution of N18 was studied in a patient with a thalamic lesion and an oblique distribution with the maximum region between Cz and nasion was demonstrated.
(2) The accuracy of vertical control during maxillary orthognathic surgery was assessed in 45 patients, comparing the use of traditional internal measurements across the osteotomy lines (15 subjects) with measurements between the incisor teeth and an external reference point consisting of a bone screw placed at nasion (two groups of 15 subjects each).
(3) The angles they form at nasion and at their intersections with the maxillary occlusal plane were derived and statistically analyzed.
(4) The angle AB to occlusal plane however seems to be independent of the relation between the A-point and the Nasion.
(5) Senior Thai government officials signed the deal on Thursday with members of the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, where they agreed to launch a "dialogue process" in the southern border provinces.
(6) The deviation can be measured by means of the Sella-Nasion-A angles used in the evaluation of the x-ray image.
(7) The sella-nasion plane is one of the basic planes used in the cephalometric evaluation of candidates for orthognathic surgery.
(8) Longitudinal measures of cranial base angulation (nasion-sella-basion angle; N-S-Ba) were obtained in 24 patients with mandibulofacial dysostosis (MFD), with records available over time spans ranging from 2 years to 29 years.
(9) Generally, the inclination of the nose in relation to the nasion-sella-line was similar in all groups, and so was the nose length as well.
(10) The growth rate of the human cranial base between nasion (N) - tuberculum sellae (Ts) and tuberculum sellae - internal occipital protuberance (= Twining's line (Tw)) were calculated in proportion to nasion - inion (N - I) distance and expressed in two cranial base ratios: (see formulas) The growth rate of the whole cranial base showed a notable stability and a given ratio apparently prevails through into later life.
(11) There was a significant difference in the position of the odontoid tip and the nasion-basion-opisthion angle between the normal and patient groups.
(12) These radiographs were analysed using a facial polygon joining the points Nasion, Sella, Articulare, Gonion and Menton.
(13) 7) As a result of cephalometric diagnosis, the nasion appeared to be protruded, therefore maxillary and mandibular seemed to be relatively retracted, and the gonial angle was obtuse.
(14) For growth analysis the basion-nasion plane was shown to be longitudinally of superior value for chin behavior.
(15) Ethnic proportional differences relative to nasion were combined with a shorter porion-nasion distance in the Chinese as compared with the Caucasian children.
(16) In order to avoid misinterpretations in the evaluation of orthodontic treatment results the growth changes at nasion must be taken into consideration.
(17) To depict skeletal and dental changes, measurements were made using the sella nasion, palatal, and mandibular planes as reference planes.
(18) Thus Francfort and nasion-opisthion axes both look equally good.
(19) Tracings of pretreatment (average age for boys, 12.5 years; for girls, 12.2 years) and posttreatment (average age for boys, 15.4 years; for girls, 14.9 years) cephalograms were superimposed according to the following methods: (1) best fit of anterior cranial base anatomy, (2) superimposition on SN line, registered at S, (3) superimposition on registration point R with Bolton-nasion planes parallel, and (4) superimposition on basion-nasion (Ricketts), registered at point CC (4) and point N (4a).
(20) Currently Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund, Khazanah Nasional, is the 69% majority owner, and plans to buy out other shareholders at a premium.