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Narrow forehead

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Width of the forehead or distance between the frontotemporales is more than two standard deviations below the mean (objective); or apparently narrow intertemporal region (subjective). [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19125436 ]

Term info

Label

Narrow forehead

Synonyms
  • Bitemporal narrowing
  • Bitemporal narrowness
  • Bitemporal skull narrowing
  • Decreased width of the forehead
  • Intertemporal narrowing
  • Narrow bitemporal diameter
  • Narrow bitemporal width
  • Narrow forehead
  • Temporal narrowness
database cross reference
Subsets

hposlim_core

layperson term
Decreased width of the forehead [ ORCID : 0000-0001-5889-4463 ]

layperson term
Narrow forehead

comment

A reduced distance between the temporal regions (temples) on each side of the head to one another. Frontotemporalis is a point lateral to the vertical component of the supraorbital ridge, where there is a hollowing. Spreading caliper tips are placed in the deepest part of that hollow.

has alternative id

HP:0004674, HP:0000314, HP:0004677

has obo namespace

human_phenotype

id

HP:0000341

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