frontalis
frontalis — noun
1. the flat sheet of muscle that lies just under the skin of the forehead and lifts
the flat sheet of muscle that lies just under the skin of the forehead and lifts the eyebrows; in anatomy books it is treated as the front half of the larger occipitofrontalis muscle.
The anatomy lecturer asked Joaquín to point to the frontalis on the cadaver's forehead.
definite article: 'the frontalis'
When Mei raised her eyebrows in surprise, her frontalis pulled the skin of her forehead upward.
physiological action: contraction lifts the eyebrows
Dr. Folake injected a small dose of botulinum into the patient's frontalis to soften the horizontal lines.
The textbook explained that the frontalis shares a flat tendon with the back muscle behind the skull.
Years of frowning had left deep grooves where Anna's frontalis met the bridge of her nose.
- frontalis muscle
fuller name often used in clinical writing
- musculus frontalis
the full Latin anatomical name
文法句型
the frontalis
frontalis muscle
用法筆記
Usually appears with the definite article ('the frontalis') because each person has one such muscle on each side. Common in anatomy textbooks, plastic-surgery notes, and clinical reports rather than everyday speech.
常見錯誤
frontalis — adjective
- frontalispositive
- more frontaliscomparative
- most frontalissuperlative
1. a Latin label meaning 'of the forehead', kept in anatomy and medicine as a tag o
a Latin label meaning 'of the forehead', kept in anatomy and medicine as a tag on muscle, nerve, and bone names so that doctors around the world can point to the same body part.
On the diagram, the muscle above the eye was labelled 'musculus frontalis' in small italic letters.
anatomical label: musculus frontalis
The surgeon traced the nervus frontalis from the eye socket up to the forehead skin.
anatomical structure: nervus frontalis
In the radiology report, Darius noticed the term 'sinus frontalis' written next to the cloudy air cavity above the brow.
The Latin tag 'frontalis' tells the reader at once that the structure belongs to the forehead.
- frontal
the everyday English adjective for 'of the forehead'
文法句型
[noun] frontalis
用法筆記
Not used as a free English adjective. Frontalis is the Latin nominative ending and only appears tucked onto Latin anatomical heads such as 'musculus', 'nervus', 'arteria', or 'sinus'. To describe the forehead in normal English, use 'frontal' instead.