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Definition of skull

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Skull (n.) The skeleton of the head of a vertebrate animal, including the brain case, or cranium, and the bones and cartilages of the face and mouth. See Illusts. of Carnivora, of Facial angles under Facial, and of Skeleton, in Appendix..

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Sapskull :: Sapskull (n.) A saphead.

Lambdoid :: Lambdoid (a.) Shaped like the Greek letter lambda (/); as, the lambdoid suture between the occipital and parietal bones of the skull..

Craniognomy :: Craniognomy (n.) The science of the form and characteristics of the skull.

Opisthomi :: Opisthomi (n. pl.) An order of eellike fishes having the scapular arch attached to the vertebrae, but not connected with the skull..

Opisthion :: Opisthion (n.) The middle of the posterior, or dorsal, margin of the great foramen of the skull..

Orbit :: Orbit (n.) The cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye and its appendages are situated.

Asterion :: Asterion (n.) The point on the side of the skull where the lambdoid, parieto-mastoid and occipito-mastoid sutures..

Coronal :: Coronal (a.) Of or pertaining to the top of the head or skull.

Maxillo-palatine :: Maxillo-palatine (a.) Pertaining to the maxillary and palatine regions of the skull; as, the maxillo-palatine process of the maxilla. Also used as n..

Occiput :: Occiput (n.) The back, or posterior, part of the head or skull; the region of the occipital bone..

Paroccipital :: Paroccipital (a.) Situated near or beside the occipital condyle or the occipital bone; paramastoid; -- applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals.

Basion :: Basion (n.) The middle of the anterior margin of the great foramen of the skull.

Bregma :: Bregma (n.) The point of junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures of the skull.

Petrohyoid :: Petrohyoid (a.) Pertaining to petrous, oe periotic, portion of the skull and the hyoid arch; as, the petrohyoid muscles of the frog..

Flat :: Flat (n.) A dull fellow; a simpleton; a numskull.

Fontanel :: Fontanel (n.) One of the membranous intervals between the incompleted angles of the parietal and neighboring bones of a fetal or young skull; -- so called because it exhibits a rhythmical pulsation.

Exoccipital :: Exoccipital (a.) Pertaining to a bone or region on each side of the great foremen of the skull.

Transpalatine :: Transpalatine (a.) Situated beyond or outside the palatine bone; -- said of a bone in the skull of some reptiles.

Atlas :: Atlas (n.) The first vertebra of the neck, articulating immediately with the skull, thus sustaining the globe of the head, whence the name..

Skullcap :: Skullcap (n.) The Lophiomys.