0 a Latin word meaning "frontal" (= relating to the forehead), used in medical names and descriptions
Active contraction of the frontalis is then sometimes seen, and the patient may resort to lifting the lids with his fingers.
Note the rightsided ptosis and overactivity of frontalis.
The forehead consists of multiple layers; skin, subcutaneous tissue, frontalis muscle with fascia and a thin areolar layer.
Distally, the frontalis muscle and subcutaneous tissue are excised, this is done for 1.5 to 2 cm.
Some sources consider the frontalis muscle to a distinct muscle.
In the absence of cash economy, mithun or gayal ("bos frontalis") and rice grain served as the chief forms of wealth.
The flap consists of skin, subcutaneous tissue, fat and frontalis muscle and is not thinned.
This is because the different branches innervate the frontalis muscle, orbicularis oculi and oris muscles, lip elevators and depressors, and the platysma.
