• Front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear.
  CRISP Thesaurus
  National Institutes of Health, 2006
• Subdivision of head which consists of the viscerocranium and all layers superficial to it. Examples: There is only one face.
  Digital Anatomist
  University of Washington, 2003
• Subdivision of head, each instance of which has as its constitutional part some viscerocranium (facial skeleton). Examples: There is only one face.
  Foundational Model of Anatomy
  University of Washington, 2017
• The anterior portion of the head extending from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear. The facial structures contain the eyes, nose and mouth, cheeks and jaws.
  NCI
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• The anterior portion of the head that includes the skin, muscles, and structures of the forehead, eyes, nose, mouth, cheeks, and jaw.
  NLM Medical Subject Headings
  U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
• The portion of the head that contains the structures such as the eyes, nose, mouth, and jaws.
  CDISC Terminology
  Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
• Face, front part of the head that, in vertebrates, houses the sense organs of vision and smell as well as the mouth and jaws. In humans it extends from the forehead to the chin. During the course of evolution from the prehuman Australopithecus to modern humans (Homo sapiens), the face became...
  Encyclopedia Britannica
  Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2025