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Pteron :: Pteron (n.) The region of the skull, in the temporal fossa back of the orbit, where the great wing of the sphenoid, the temporal, the parietal, and the frontal hones approach each other..

Amphistylic :: Amphistylic (a.) Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks; -- said of a skull..

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

Pileus :: Pileus (n.) A kind of skull cap of felt.

Acrania :: Acrania (n.) Partial or total absence of the skull.

Acrocephalic :: Acrocephalic (a.) Characterized by a high skull.

Loggerhead :: Loggerhead (n.) A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull.

Intracranial :: Intracranial (a.) Within the cranium or skull.

Suture :: Suture (n.) The line of union, or seam, in an immovable articulation, like those between the bones of the skull; also, such an articulation itself; synarthrosis. See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic..

Parachordal :: Parachordal (a.) Situated on either side of the notochord; -- applied especially to the cartilaginous rudiments of the skull on each side of the anterior part of the notochord.

Zuchetto :: Zuchetto (n.) A skullcap covering the tonsure, worn under the berretta. The pope's is white; a cardinal's red; a bishop's purple; a priest's black..

Levator :: Levator (n.) A surgical instrument used to raise a depressed part of the skull.

Plagiocephalic :: Plagiocephalic (a.) Having an oblique lateral deformity of the skull.

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

Skullcap :: Skullcap (n.) The Lophiomys.

Hyomandibular :: Hyomandibular (a.) Pertaining both to the hyoidean arch and the mandible or lower jaw; as, the hyomandibular bone or cartilage, a segment of the hyoid arch which connects the lower jaw with the skull in fishes..

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

Mazard :: Mazard (n.) The jaw; the head or skull.

Prochordal :: Prochordal (a.) Situated in front of the notochord; -- applied especially to parts of the cartilaginous rudiments in the base of the skull.

Skull :: Skull (n.) A covering for the head; a skullcap.

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