#cranium__braincase__brainpan the part of the skull that encloses the brain
supertype: bone__os rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
part of: skull
part: asterion the craniometric point at the junction of the lamboid suture and the occipitomastoid suture and the parietomastoid suture
part: stephanion the craniometric point on the coronal suture above the acoustic meatus
part: ethmoid_bone__ethmoidbone__ethmoid one of the eight bones of the cranium; a small bone filled with air spaces that forms part of the eye sockets and the nasal cavity
part: temporal_bone__os_temporale a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear
part: glenoid_fossa__glenoidfossa__mandibular_fossa a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible
part: tympanic_bone the bone enclosing the middle ear
part: mastoid_process__mastoidproces__mastoid__mastoidal process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull
part: mastoidale the craniometric point at the lowest point of the mastoid process
part: styloid_process extends from the base of the temporal bone
part: calvaria__skullcap the dome of the skull
part: frontal_bone__frontalbone__os_frontale__forehead the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: the forehead and the upper part of the orbits
part: glabella__mesophyron a smooth prominence of the frontal bone between and above the eyebrows; the most forward projecting point of the forehead in the midline at the level of the supraorbital ridges
part: metopion the craniometric point midway between the frontal eminences of the skull
part: ophryon the craniometric point in the midline of the forehead immediately above the orbits
part: frontal_eminence__frontaleminence either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit
part: parietal_bone either of two skull bones between the frontal and occipital bones and forming the top and sides of the cranium
part: entomion the craniometric point at the tip of the mastoid angle of the parietal bone
part: sphenion the anterior tip of the parietal bone
part: occipital_bone__occipitalbone a saucer-shaped membrane bone that forms the back of the skull
part: inion the craniometric point that is the most prominent point at the back of the head (at the occipital protuberance)
part: occipital_protuberance__occipitalprotuberance prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone
part: coronal_suture__coronalsuture__sutura_coronalis the suture between the parietal and frontal bones of the skull
part: frontal_suture__frontalsuture__sutura_frontalis the suture between two halves of the frontal bone (usually obliterated by the age of 6)
part: lamboid_suture__lamboidsuture__sutura_lamboidea the suture between the occipital and parietal bones
part: occipitomastoid_suture__occipitomastoidsuture the suture between the occipital and the temporal bones; a continuation of the lamboid suture
part: parietomastoid_suture the suture between the parietal and the temporal bones
part: sagittal_suture__interparietal_suture__interparietalsuture__sutura_sagittalis the suture uniting the two parietal bones
part: fontanelle__fontanel__soft_spot any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus
part: foramen_magnum__foramenmagnum the large opening at the base of the cranium through which the spinal cord passes
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