Frontal

Children below the age of 8 have an underdeveloped frontal lobe that might cause them to be unable to separate reality from fantasy. Some of them might believe that there are monsters in their closet or under the bed, for example. They are also sometimes unable to distinguish dreams from reality.

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

After Tom was punched in the face, the doctor ordered that two x-ray images be taken – a frontal view and a lateral view – to check for broken facial bones.

Located on the right frontal lobe of her brain, the tumor threatened to damage her left hand’s fine motor skills — the hand that controls the notes being played on the violin.

The left frontal lobe plays a role in controlling mood and emotion.

Researchers linked to the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that children and adolescents who tested lower on standardized tests had a lower volume of gray matter in their brains than the norm, and their frontal and temporal lobes developed more slowly.

We looked at their brain during this word task and, lo and behold, that area in the left frontal lobe lit up much more than other people when they were trying to do this task.

a frontal attack

Even the mantelpiece is adorned with a totally unfunctional tasselled valance rather like an altar frontal.