cranial bones
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But one twin's diagnosis with acrania — a rare, fatal congenital disorder characterized by the full or partial absence of cranial bones — sent Brandt's world into a grief-stricken tailspin.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2025
Figure 29.7 The cranial bones, including the frontal, parietal, and sphenoid bones, cover the top of the head.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The skull consists of eight cranial bones and 14 facial bones.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Schultze immediately realized its importance: similarities in the arrangement and shape of the cranial bones preserved in this fossil and Westoll's skull roof showed they belonged to the same species.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 17, 2020
The cranial bones were perfect in every respect, if we except a little erosion of their external table, and firmly held together by their sutures, &c., &c.
From The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) by Marvin, Frederic Rowland
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