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facial bone

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Main Entry: facial bone
Function: noun
: any of the bones of the facial region of the skull that do not take part in forming the braincase and that in humans include 14bones: two nasal bones, two maxillae of the upper jaw, two lacrimal bones, two zygomatic bones, two palatine bones, two nasal conchae, one vomer, and the mandible of the lower jaw
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facial bone n.
Any of the bones surrounding the mouth and nose and contributing to the eye sockets, including the upper jawbones, the zygomatic, nasal, lacrimal, and palatine bones, the inferior nasal concha and the vomer, lower jawbone, and hyoid bone.

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