Definition of crania

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Crania (n.) A genus of living Brachiopoda; -- so called from its fancied resemblance to the cranium or skull.

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Hemicrania :: Hemicrania (n.) A pain that affects only one side of the head.
Supracretaceous :: Supracranial (a.) Situated above, or in the roof of, the cranium..
Epicranial :: Epicranial (a.) Pertaining to the epicranium; as epicranial muscles.
Hypoglossal :: Hypoglossal (a.) Under the tongue; -- applied esp., in the higher vertebrates, to the twelfth or last pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the base of the tongue..
Cephalostyle :: Cephalostyle (n.) The anterior end of the notochord and its bony sheath in the base of cartilaginous crania.
Cranial :: Cranial (a.) Of or pertaining to the cranium.
Crania :: Crania (n.) A genus of living Brachiopoda; -- so called from its fancied resemblance to the cranium or skull.
Tablature :: Tablature (n.) Division into plates or tables with intervening spaces; as, the tablature of the cranial bones..
Pericranial :: Pericranial (a.) Of or pertaining to the pericranium.
Crania :: Crania (pl. ) of Craniu.
Subcrustaceous :: Subcranial (a.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the cranium; facial..
Optical :: Optical (a.) Of or pertaining to the eye; ocular; as, the optic nerves (the first pair of cranial nerves) which are distributed to the retina. See Illust. of Brain, and Eye..
Oculomotor :: Oculomotor (a.) Of or pertaining to the movement of the eye; -- applied especially to the common motor nerves (or third pair of cranial nerves) which supply many of the muscles of the orbit.
Intracranial :: Intracranial (a.) Within the cranium or skull.
Glossopharyngeal :: Glossopharyngeal (a.) Pertaining to both the tongue and the pharynx; -- applied especially to the ninth pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the pharynx and tongue. -- n. One of the glossopharyngeal nerves..
Acrania :: Acrania (n.) Partial or total absence of the skull.
Mesocephalic :: Mesocephalic (a.) Having the cranial cavity of medium capacity; neither megacephalic nor microcephalic.
Microcephalous :: Microcephalous (a.) Having a small head; having the cranial cavity small; -- opposed to megacephalic.
Acranial :: Acranial (a.) Wanting a skull.
Aegicrania :: Aegicrania (n. pl.) Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls..
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