# Postorbital process

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{{short description|Projection on the frontal bone near the rear upper edge of the eye socket}}

The '''postorbital process''' is a [projection](/source/Process_(anatomy)) on the [frontal bone](/source/frontal_bone) near the rear upper edge of the eye socket.<ref>{{cite web| publisher=Craniological Glossary| url=http://www.skullsite.co.uk/glossary.htm| accessdate=2012-11-13| title=Glossary of Skullological Terminology}}</ref> In many [mammal](/source/mammal)s, it reaches down to the [zygomatic arch](/source/zygomatic_arch), forming the [postorbital bar](/source/postorbital_bar).

==References==
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==See also==
* [Orbital process](/source/Orbital_process)

Category:Skull

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