fase, the front part of the head, including the forehead, eyes, nose, mouth, cheeks and chin. Exclusive of the thirty-two teeth, it is composed of fourteen bones, all but two of which, the lower jaw, or inframaxilla, and the vomer, which separates the nostrils, occur in pairs. The two bones of the upper jaw carry the upper teeth and form most of the hard palate separating the mouth from the nose. The two palate bones complete the hard palate. The two malars are the cheek bones. The two nasal bones form the bridge of the nose. The two lachrymals, or tear bones, lie between the eye socket and the nose. The two turbinated bones form the outer wall of the nostrils. Of all these bones the lower jaw only is movable, being articulated with the base of the skull, In brutes the jaws project much more than in men and form the prominent feature of the face, while the forehead recedes. See SKELETON.