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bones, facial bones, and ear ossicles. Two parts are more prominent: the cranium (pl.: craniums or crania) and the mandible. In humans, these two parts...

autostylic jaw suspension, in which the palatoquadrate bone fuses to the cranium, and the lymph pumping "lymph heart" (later lost in mammals and flying...

be divided into four groups, depending upon where they branch off: in the cranium, in the pterygopalatine fossa, in the infraorbital canal, or on the face...

abnormalities are congenital musculoskeletal disorders which primarily affect the cranium and facial bones. They are associated with the development of the pharyngeal...

scalp is part of the epicranium, a collection of structures covering the cranium. The scalp is bordered by the face at the front, and by the neck at the...

skin. The teeth are in several series; the upper jaw is not fused to the cranium, and the lower jaw is articulated with the upper. The details of this...

taxon "rhodesiensis" altogether and assign it to Homo heidelbergensis. The cranium was discovered in Broken Hill lead mine in Mutwe Wa Nsofu Area of Northern...

sense; for instance, eels and anglerfish do not possess bones other than the cranium and the vertebrae. Fish bones support the core muscles without inhibiting...

attributed to volume changes in one or more of the constituents contained in the cranium. CSF pressure has been shown to be influenced by abrupt changes in intrathoracic...

intracranial venous sinuses. They connect the veins outside the cranium to the venous sinuses inside the cranium. They drain from the scalp, through the skull, into...

significant because it is a possible mode of transportation for disease into the cranium. R. Shane Tubbs; Mohammadali M. Shoja; Marios Loukas (4 May 2016). Bergman's...

that extends upwards from the base of the pectoral fin and anchors to the cranium above the gills, forming the posterior edge of the gill chamber. The...

the head. It is a branch of the middle meningeal artery. On entering the cranium it runs in the canal for the tensor tympani muscle and supplies this...

its two bellies. Its posterior belly rises from the mastoid process of the cranium and slopes downward and forward. The anterior belly arises from the digastric...

dissipation, provide protection from physical damage and reduce the mass of the cranium.[citation needed] The roof is formed by the tegmen antri which is a continuation...

pressure) and from trepanation, the creation of a burr hole through the cranium into the dura mater. Human craniotomy is usually performed under general...

helmet-like unit. The neck gap is absent, and the articulations between the cranium and thorax are lost in the evolution of this peculiar feature. The skull...

air-filled cavities within the mastoid process of the temporal bone of the cranium. The mastoid cells are a form of skeletal pneumaticity. Infection in...

The parasphenoid is a bone which can be found in the cranium of many vertebrates. It is an unpaired dermal bone which lies at the midline of the roof...

such as a dark-brown color, amphistyly (the articulation of the jaws to the cranium), and a 2.0 m (6.6 ft)–long body, which has dorsal, pelvic, and anal...