Cranium

n.

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The skull of an animal; especially, that part of the skull, either cartilaginous or bony, which immediately incloses the brain; the brain case or brainpan. See Skull.

Noun

1.

cranium - the part of the skull that encloses the brain Synonyms: braincase, brainpan

asterion, bone, braincase, brainpan, calvaria, coronal suture, ethmoid, ethmoid bone, fontanel, fontanelle, foramen magnum, forehead, frontal bone, frontal suture, interparietal suture, lamboid suture, occipital bone, occipitomastoid suture, os, os frontale, os temporale, parietal bone, parietomastoid suture, sagittal suture, skull, skullcap, soft spot, stephanion, sutura coronalis, sutura frontalis, sutura lamboidea, sutura sagittalis, temporal bone