- The front of the human headis called the face. It includes several distinct areas, of which the main features are:
- The forehead, comprising the skinbeneath the hairline, bordered laterally by the templesand inferiorly by eyebrows and ears.
- The eyessitting in the orbitand protected by eyelids, and eyelashes.
- The distinctive human noseshape, nostrils, and nasal septum.
The cheeks covering the maxilla and mandibula (or jaw), the extremity of which is the chin.

