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See Angle, facial.

See Angle.

an angle indicating the slope of the forehead.

Of Camper, an a. formed by the intersection of a line tangent to the most prominent part of the forehead and the point of intersection and a line running from the auricular point to the point of intersection.

Of Albrecht Durer, an a. formed by a line tangent to the brow and the lobule of the nose and a line running from the lobe of the ear to the lower part of the nasal septum.

Of G. Cuvier and Geoffrey St. Hilaire, an a. formed by a line running from the glabella to the lower end of the nasal septum in the living, subject (to the subnasal spine of a skull) and a line running from the auricular point to the latter.

Of Cloquet, an a. formed by a line tangent to the glabella and the alveolar border of the maxilla and a line running from the auricular point to the latter.

Of Jacquart, the same a. as that of Cuvier and Geoffrey St. Hilaire, but having its apex at the nasal spine.

In Ethn. , the angle between a straight line from the opening of the ear to the bottom of the nose, and another straight line from the most forward central point of the forehead to the corresponding point of the upper jaw. The higher the average cerebral development in man, the larger is the average F. A.