Definition of cranium

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Cranium (n.) The skull of an animal; especially, that part of the skull, either cartilaginous or bony, which immediately incloses the brain; the brain case or brainpan. See Skull..

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Fornix :: Fornix (n.) An arch or fold; as, the fornix, or vault, of the cranium; the fornix, or reflection, of the conjuctiva..
Amphistylic :: Amphistylic (a.) Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks; -- said of a skull..
Cranium :: Cranium (n.) The skull of an animal; especially, that part of the skull, either cartilaginous or bony, which immediately incloses the brain; the brain case or brainpan. See Skull..
Bucranium :: Bucranium (n.) A sculptured ornament, representing an ox skull adorned with wreaths, etc..
Cranioscopy :: Cranioscopy (n.) Scientific examination of the cranium.
Brainpan :: Brainpan (n.) The bones which inclose the brain; the skull; the cranium.
Encephalon :: Encephalon (n.) The contents of the cranium; the brain.
Emissary :: Emissary (a.) Applied to the veins which pass out of the cranium through apertures in its walls.
Pericranial :: Pericranial (a.) Of or pertaining to the pericranium.
Epicranial :: Epicranial (a.) Pertaining to the epicranium; as epicranial muscles.
Chondro- :: Chondro- () A combining form meaning a grain, granular, granular cartilage, cartilaginous; as, the chondrocranium, the cartilaginous skull of the lower vertebrates and of embryos..
Craniums :: Craniums (pl. ) of Craniu.
Frons :: Frons (n.) The forehead; the part of the cranium between the orbits and the vertex.
Crania :: Crania (n.) A genus of living Brachiopoda; -- so called from its fancied resemblance to the cranium or skull.
Intracranial :: Intracranial (a.) Within the cranium or skull.
Parietes :: Parietes (n. pl.) The walls of a cavity or an organ; as, the abdominal parietes; the parietes of the cranium..
Epicranium :: Epicranium (n.) The dorsal wall of the head of insects.
Epicranium :: Epicranium (n.) The upper and superficial part of the head, including the scalp, muscles, etc..
Frontal :: Frontal (n.) The frontal bone, or one of the two frontal bones, of the cranium..
Pan :: Pan (n.) The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium..
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