| braincase | | |
| n. (body) | 1. braincase, brainpan, cranium | the part of the skull that encloses the brain. |
| ~ asterion | the craniometric point at the junction of the lamboid suture and the occipitomastoid suture and the parietomastoid suture. |
| ~ stephanion | the craniometric point on the coronal suture above the acoustic meatus. |
| ~ bone, os | rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates. |
| ~ ethmoid, ethmoid bone | 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. |
| ~ os temporale, temporal bone | a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear. |
| ~ skull | the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates. |
| ~ calvaria, skullcap | the dome of the skull. |
| ~ frontal bone, os frontale, forehead | the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits. |
| ~ parietal bone | either of two skull bones between the frontal and occipital bones and forming the top and sides of the cranium. |
| ~ occipital bone | a saucer-shaped membrane bone that forms the back of the skull. |
| ~ coronal suture, sutura coronalis | the suture between the parietal and frontal bones of the skull. |
| ~ frontal suture, sutura frontalis | the suture between two halves of the frontal bone (usually obliterated by the age of 6). |
| ~ lamboid suture, sutura lamboidea | the suture between the occipital and parietal bones. |
| ~ occipitomastoid suture | the suture between the occipital and the temporal bones; a continuation of the lamboid suture. |
| ~ parietomastoid suture | the suture between the parietal and the temporal bones. |
| ~ interparietal suture, sagittal suture, sutura sagittalis | the suture uniting the two parietal bones. |
| ~ fontanel, fontanelle, soft spot | any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus. |
| ~ foramen magnum | the large opening at the base of the cranium through which the spinal cord passes. |
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