F

adj. Of or pertaining to the face; as, the facial artery, vein, or nerve. Apparent; on the face of things Facial angle (Anat.), the angle, in a skull, included between a straight line from the most prominent part of the forehead to the front of the upper jaw bone, and another from this point to the center of the external auditory opening. See Gnathic index, under Gnathic.