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
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 work suggests declining temperatures trigger shrews to literally break down their cranial bones and warm weather cues them to rebuild.
From Scientific American • Oct. 23, 2017
The supraorbital flanges of the frontoparietals do not appear until all other cranial bones are ossified, or nearly so.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.
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