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glabella

  (glə-bĕl'ə) pronunciation
n., pl. -bel·lae (-bĕl'ē).

The smooth area between the eyebrows just above the nose.

[New Latin, from feminine of Latin glabellus, hairless, diminutive of glaber.]

glabellar gla·bel'lar adj.
 
 
Dental Dictionary: glabella
(gləbel′ə)
n

The most anterior point on the frontal bone.

 
Sports Science and Medicine: glabella

The elevated, smooth, rounded surface of the frontal bone, just above the bridge of the nose, between the eyebrows.

 
Obscure Words: glabella


the space between the eyebrows, just above the nose
 
Wikipedia: glabella
Bone: Glabella
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Frontal bone. Outer surface. (Glabella visible near bottom of bone.)
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Side view of head, showing surface relations of bones. (Glabella labeled at center left.)
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The glabella is the space between the eyebrows and above the nose. It is slightly elevated, and joins the two superciliary ridges.

The term is derived from the Latin 'glabellus', meaning smooth, as this area is usually hairless.

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Bones of head and neck: the cranium
Occipital Foramen magnum - Squama occipitalis (Inion - Nuchal lines - Planum occipitale - Planum nuchale - Cruciform eminence - Internal occipital protuberance - Sagittal sulcus - Internal occipital crest)
Lateral parts (Occipital condyle - Hypoglossal canal - Condyloid fossa - Condylar canal - Jugular process - Jugular tubercle) - Basilar part (Pharyngeal tubercle)
Parietal Parietal eminence - Temporal line - Parietal foramen
Frontal Squama frontalis (Frontal suture - Frontal eminence - Superciliary arches - Glabella - Supraorbital foramen - Zygomatic process - Sagittal sulcus - Frontal crest - Foramen cecum) - Pars orbitalis (Ethmoidal notch - Lacrimal fossa - Trochlear fovea - Posterior ethmoidal foramen - Anterior ethmoidal foramen - Frontal sinus - Frontonasal duct)
Temporal Squama temporalis (Articular tubercle - Suprameatal triangle - Mandibular fossa - Petrotympanic fissure) - Mastoid portion (Mastoid foramen - Mastoid process - Mastoid notch - Occipital groove - Sigmoid sulcus - Mastoid antrum) - Petrous portion (Facial canal - Hiatus of the facial canal - Internal auditory meatus - Subarcuate fossa - Carotid canal - Aqueduct of cochlea - Jugular fossa - Inferior tympanic canaliculus - Mastoid canaliculus - Styloid process - Stylomastoid foramen - Petrosquamous suture) - Tympanic part (Suprameatal spine) - Zygomatic process
Sphenoid Body Superior surface (Ethmoidal spine, Chiasmatic groove, Optic foramen, Sella turcica, Fossa hypophyseos, Middle clinoid process, Dorsum sellae, Posterior clinoid processes, Petrosal process, Clivus) - Lateral surface (Carotid groove - Sphenoidal lingula) - Anterior surface (Sphenoidal sinuses) - Great wings (Spine, Foramen rotundum, Foramen ovale, Foramen Vesalii, Foramen spinosum, Infratemporal crest, Sulcus tubae auditivae) - Small wings (Superior orbital fissure, Anterior clinoid process, Optic foramen) - Pterygoid processes (Pterygoid fossa, Scaphoid fossa, Lateral pterygoid plate, Medial pterygoid plate, Pterygoid canal, Pterygoid hamulus) - Sphenoidal conchae
Ethmoid Cribriform plate (Crista galli) - Perpendicular plate - Labyrinth (Ethmoid sinus) - Lateral surface Lamina papyracea - Uncinate process - Medial surface Middle nasal concha - Superior meatus - Superior nasal concha - Middle meatus

The glabella can be used to measure skin turgor in patients suspected of being dehydrated.


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