Glabella

Study entry

Description

A smooth, slightly depressed prominence in the midline, between the superciliary arches, above the root of the nose; the most anterior part of the forehead, more evident in men.

Palpation

Under the skin, between the eyebrows.

Source: cap. 8, «Cráneo»

Other structures in this region

• Squamous part of the frontal bone
• Orbital part of the frontal bone
• Superciliary arch
• Supraorbital margin
• Supraorbital foramen (notch)
• Frontal eminence
• Frontal crest
• Foramen cecum