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Hi

Thankyou for your time

Could you tell me, where does the forehead start from?

I have this link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Human_skull_side_simplified_%28bones%29.svg

Does the forehead start where the parietal stops? so my foreheasd doest start at the back of my skull?

Thanks for any help

David  

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Hi david;
The usual definition is that the forehead is the part of the face above the eyes so the keyword would be face and fore means front.  I think that the term is arbitrary.  Foreheads can be high or low but certainly they do not extend to the back of the skull.

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