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Obelion :: Obelion (n.) The region of the skull between the two parietal foramina where the closure of the sagittal suture usually begins.

Gross-headed :: Gross-headed (a.) Thick-skulled; stupid.

Ethmovomerine :: Ethmovomerine (n.) Pertaining to the region of the vomer and the base of the ethmoid in the skull.

Brainpan :: Brainpan (n.) The bones which inclose the brain; the skull; the cranium.

Amphioxus :: Amphioxus (n.) A fishlike creature (Amphioxus lanceolatus), two or three inches long, found in temperature seas; -- also called the lancelet. Its body is pointed at both ends. It is the lowest and most generalized of the vertebrates, having neither brain, skull, vertebrae, nor red blood. It forms the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia, etc..

Corona :: Corona (n.) The upper surface of some part, as of a tooth or the skull; a crown..

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..

Pan :: Pan (n.) The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium..

Chinook :: Chinook (n.) One of a tribe of North American Indians now living in the state of Washington, noted for the custom of flattening their skulls. Chinooks also called Flathead Indians..

Brontotherium :: Brontotherium (n.) A genus of large extinct mammals from the miocene strata of western North America. They were allied to the rhinoceros, but the skull bears a pair of powerful horn cores in front of the orbits, and the fore feet were four-toed. See Illustration in Appendix..

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

Callot :: Callot (n.) A plant coif or skullcap. Same as Calotte.

Post-temporal :: Post-temporal (a.) Situated back of the temporal bone or the temporal region of the skull; -- applied especially to a bone which usually connects the supraclavicle with the skull in the pectoral arch of fishes.

Leptorhine :: Leptorhine (a.) Having the nose narrow; -- said esp. of the skull. Opposed to platyrhine.

Craniology :: Craniology (n.) The department of science (as of ethnology or archaeology) which deals with the shape, size, proportions, indications, etc., of skulls; the study of skulls..

Acranial :: Acranial (a.) Wanting a skull.

Thick-headed :: Thick-headed (a.) Having a thick skull; stupid.

Columella :: Columella (n.) A term applied to various columnlike parts; as, the columella, or epipterygoid bone, in the skull of many lizards; the columella of the ear, the bony or cartilaginous rod connecting the tympanic membrane with the internal ear..

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..

Paxwax :: Paxwax (n.) The strong ligament of the back of the neck in quadrupeds. It connects the back of the skull with dorsal spines of the cervical vertebrae, and helps to support the head. Called also paxywaxy and packwax..

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