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Cranial :: Cranial (a.) Of or pertaining to the cranium.

Osteocranium :: Osteocranium (n.) The bony cranium, as distinguished from the cartilaginous cranium..

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

Emissary :: Emissary (a.) Applied to the veins which pass out of the cranium through apertures in its walls.

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..

Hydrocephalus :: Hydrocephalus (n.) An accumulation of liquid within the cavity of the cranium, especially within the ventricles of the brain; dropsy of the brain. It is due usually to tubercular meningitis. When it occurs in infancy, it often enlarges the head enormously..

Supracretaceous :: Supracranial (a.) Situated above, or in the roof of, the cranium..

Parietes :: Parietes (n. pl.) The walls of a cavity or an organ; as, the abdominal parietes; the parietes of the cranium..

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

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..

Craniums :: Craniums (pl. ) of Craniu.

Craniofacial :: Craniofacial (a.) Of or pertaining to the cranium and face; as, the craniofacial angle..

Epicranium :: Epicranium (n.) The dorsal wall of the head of insects.

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

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

Bucranium :: Bucranium (n.) A sculptured ornament, representing an ox skull adorned with wreaths, etc..

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

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

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

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

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