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Subcrustaceous :: Subcranial (a.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the cranium; facial..

Craniums :: Craniums (pl. ) of Craniu.

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

Separatory :: Separatory (n.) A surgical instrument for separating the pericranium from the cranium.

Calvaria :: Calvaria (n.) The bones of the cranium; more especially, the bones of the domelike upper portion..

Skull :: 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..

Epicranial :: Epicranial (a.) Pertaining to the epicranium; as epicranial muscles.

Biparietal :: Biparietal (a.) Of or pertaining to the diameter of the cranium, from one parietal fossa to the other..

Encephalon :: Encephalon (n.) The contents of the cranium; the brain.

Cranioscopy :: Cranioscopy (n.) Scientific examination of the cranium.

Pericranium :: Pericranium (n.) The periosteum which covers the cranium externally; the region around the cranium.

Epicranium :: Epicranium (n.) The upper and superficial part of the head, including the scalp, muscles, etc..

Table :: Table (n.) One of the two, external and internal, layers of compact bone, separated by diploe, in the walls of the cranium..

Brain :: Brain (n.) The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony cranium of vertebrate animals. It is simply the anterior termination of the spinal cord, and is developed from three embryonic vesicles, whose cavities are connected with the central canal of the cord; the cavities of the vesicles become the central cavities, or ventricles, and the walls thicken unequally and become the three seg

Bump :: Bump (n.) One of the protuberances on the cranium which are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind; as, the bump of veneration; the bump of acquisitiveness..

Basioccipital :: Basioccipital (a.) Of or pertaining to the bone in the base of the cranium, frequently forming a part of the occipital in the adult, but usually distinct in the young..

Frontal :: Frontal (n.) The frontal bone, or one of the two frontal bones, of the cranium..

Mesaticephalic :: Mesaticephalic (a.) Having the ratio of the length to the breadth of the cranium a medium one; neither brachycephalic nor dolichocephalic.

Frons :: Frons (n.) The forehead; the part of the cranium between the orbits and the vertex.

Dolichocephalous :: Dolichocephalous (a.) Having the cranium, or skull, long to its breadth; long-headed; -- opposed to brachycephalic..

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