cranium
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
cranium (plural craniums)
- (anatomy) The braincase or neurocranium; that part of the skull consisting of the bones enclosing the brain, but not including the bones of the face or jaw.
- 1858, Henry Gray, Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical, "The Skull", page 19.
- The Skull is divided into two parts, the Cranium and the Face. The Cranium is composed of eight bones; […]
- 1908, J. McFadyean, The Comparative Anatomy of the Domesticated Animals, Part I: Osteology and Arthrology, "Skeleton of Fowl", page 165.
- The cranium of the fowl is composed of the same elements as are present in the mammalian cranium, save that there is no interparietal.
- 2010, Elaine N. Marieb & Katja Hoehn, Human Anatomy and Physiology, 8th ed., Chapter 7 "The Skeleton", page 200
- The cranial bones, or cranium (kra′ne-um), enclose and protect the fragile brain and furnish attachment sites for head and neck muscles.
- 1858, Henry Gray, Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical, "The Skull", page 19.
- (anthropology, informal) The upper portion of the skull, including the neurocranium and facial bones, but not including the jawbone (mandible).
- 2014, Emma L. Brown, Ronald A. Dixon, & Jason W. Birkett, "The Discolouration of Human Teeth from Archaeological Contexts: Elemental Analysis of a Black Tooth from a Roman Cranium Recovered from the River Witham, Lincoln, UK", Journal of Anthropology, vol. 2014, Article ID 859153, 7 pages. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/859153.
- In this study, the cranium recovered from the River Witham in Lincoln exhibited a black metallic staining on the surfaces of the teeth.
- 2014, Emma L. Brown, Ronald A. Dixon, & Jason W. Birkett, "The Discolouration of Human Teeth from Archaeological Contexts: Elemental Analysis of a Black Tooth from a Roman Cranium Recovered from the River Witham, Lincoln, UK", Journal of Anthropology, vol. 2014, Article ID 859153, 7 pages. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/859153.
- (informal) The skull.
- (anatomy) braincase, neurocranium
- (skull) skull
- cranio-
- French: boîte crânienne
- German: Hirnschädel, Hirnschale
- Italian: cranio
- Portuguese: crânio
- Russian: черепна́я коро́бка
- Italian: cranio
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