prefrontal bone

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• Prefrontal bone — The prefrontal bone is a bone separating the lacrimal and frontal bones in many tetrapod skulls. It first evolved in the sarcopterygian clade Rhipidistia, which includes lungfish and the Tetrapodomorpha.cite book |last=Cloutier |first=Richard… …   Wikipedia

• prefrontal bone — pars nasalis ossis frontalis …   Medical dictionary

• Prefrontal cortex — Prefrontal redirects here. For the skull bone, see Prefrontal bone. For the reptile scales, see Prefrontal scale. Brain: Prefrontal cortex Brodmann areas of lateral surface. Per BrainInfo, parts of #8, #9, #10, #1 …   Wikipedia

• Prefrontal — Pre*fron tal, a. (Anat. & Zo[ o]l.) Situated in front of the frontal bone, or the frontal region of the skull; ectethmoid, as a certain bone in the nasal capsule of many animals, and certain scales of reptiles and fishes. n. A prefrontal bone or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• prefrontal — I. adjective Date: 1854 anterior to or involving the anterior part of a frontal structure < a prefrontal bone > II. noun Date: 1854 a prefrontal part (as a bone) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• prefrontal — 1. Denoting the anterior portion of the frontal lobe of the cerebrum. 2. Denoting the granular frontal cortex rostral to the premotor area. * * * pre·fron·tal .prē frənt əl …   Medical dictionary

• prefrontal — /ˌpriˈfrʌntl/ (say .pree fruntl) adjective 1. in front of the frontal bone or gyrus. –noun 2. the middle portion of the ethmoid bone …  

• prefrontal — a superficial, paired, dermal bone lying in front of the eye between the lacrymal and first supraorbital and covering and fusing with the parethmoid; a term often used for the lateral ethmoid or a portion of the lateral ethmoid of dermal origin …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• prefrontal — adjective a) Of, pertaining to or situated in the anterior part of the frontal lobe b) Of, pertaining to or situated in front of the frontal bone Ant: postfrontal …   Wiktionary

• prefrontal — prɪːfrÊŒntl adj. located at the front of the frontal bone or lobe (Anatomy) …   English contemporary dictionary

• prefrontal — adjective 1》 Anatomy in or relating to the foremost part of the frontal lobe of the brain. 2》 Zoology relating to or denoting a bone in front of the eye socket in some lower vertebrates …   English new terms dictionary