The forehead bone

What it does

The frontal bone shapes your forehead and the ridges above your eyes. Behind it sit the frontal lobes of the brain, and below it the eye sockets. Hollow air spaces inside it, the frontal sinuses, make the skull lighter and help warm the air you breathe.

Why it matters

When a cold or hay fever blocks the frontal sinuses, the pressure builds behind your forehead, which is why sinus headaches feel like they sit right above your eyebrows.

Nearby

• The side-of-skull bones
• The frontal lobe
• The sieve bone
• The forehead muscle

Read more

• Frontal bone — Wikipedia