braincase

brain·case

also brain case B0447800 (brān′kās′)n. The part of the skull that encloses the brain. Also called brainpan.

braincase

(ˈbreɪnˌkeɪs) nthe part of the cranium that protects the brain

cra•ni•um

(ˈkreɪ ni əm)

n., pl. -ni•ums, -ni•a (-ni ə) 1. the skull of a vertebrate. 2. Also called braincase. the part of the skull that encloses the brain. [1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin crānium < Greek krāníon skull]

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braincase - the part of the skull that encloses the brainbrainpan, craniumasterion - the craniometric point at the junction of the lamboid suture and the occipitomastoid suture and the parietomastoid suturestephanion - the craniometric point on the coronal suture above the acoustic meatusbone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebratesethmoid, 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 cavityos temporale, temporal bone - a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner earskull - the bony skeleton of the head of vertebratescalvaria, skullcap - the dome of the skullfrontal bone, os frontale, forehead - the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbitsparietal bone - either of two skull bones between the frontal and occipital bones and forming the top and sides of the craniumoccipital bone - a saucer-shaped membrane bone that forms the back of the skullcoronal suture, sutura coronalis - the suture between the parietal and frontal bones of the skullfrontal 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 bonesoccipitomastoid suture - the suture between the occipital and the temporal bones; a continuation of the lamboid sutureparietomastoid suture - the suture between the parietal and the temporal bonesinterparietal suture, sagittal suture, sutura sagittalis - the suture uniting the two parietal bonesfontanel, fontanelle, soft spot - any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetusforamen magnum - the large opening at the base of the cranium through which the spinal cord passes

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