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The skull, or cranium, is typically a bony enclosure around the brain of a vertebrate. [1] [2] In some fish, and amphibians, the skull is of cartilage. The skull is at the head end of the vertebrate. In the human the skull comprises two prominent parts: the neurocranium, and the facial skeleton. [3] which evolved from the first pharyngeal arch.
Saldanha man also known as Saldanha cranium or Elandsfontein cranium are fossilized remains of an archaic human. It is one of the key specimens for Homo heidelbergensis . It has not been dated directly, and is estimated to be roughly 0.5 million years old. [ 1 ]
The calvaria is the top part of the skull.It is the superior part of the neurocranium and covers the cranial cavity containing the brain. It forms the main component of the skull roof.
The cranial cavity, also known as intracranial space, is the space within the skull that accommodates the brain.The skull is also known as the cranium. [1] The cranial cavity is formed by eight cranial bones known as the neurocranium that in humans includes the skull cap and forms the protective case around the brain.
The CNS is protected by the cranium, vertebral column, meninges, cerebrospinal fluid. The spinal cord is an extension of the brain. The spinal cord and the brain stem are joined at the base of the cranium at the foramen magnum. Most of the functions of the head and neck are directly influenced by the brain and transmitted to the PNS via the ...
Cranium is a party game created by Whit Alexander and Richard Tait in 1998. [1] Initially, Cranium was sold through Amazon.com and the Starbucks coffee chain, then-novel methods of distribution. [1] After selling 44 million copies of Cranium and its sister titles, [1] the game's manufacturer Cranium, Inc. was bought by Hasbro, Inc. for $77.5 ...
A human skull and measurement device from 1902. Craniometry is measurement of the cranium (the main part of the skull), usually the human cranium.It is a subset of cephalometry, measurement of the head, which in humans is a subset of anthropometry, measurement of the human body.
In human anatomy, the neurocranium, also known as the braincase, brainpan, or brain-pan, [1] [2] is the upper and back part of the skull, which forms a protective case around the brain. [3]