The supraorbital ridge (or brow ridge) refers to a bony ridge located above the eye sockets of all primates. In Homo sapiens sapiens (modern humans) the eyebrows are located on their lower margin.
Other terms in use are:
- eyebrow bone
- supraorbital arch
- frontal torus
- supraorbital torus
- superciliary ridge
- arcus superciliaris (Latin, meaning "superciliary arch")
- supraorbital margin and the margin of the orbit
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