brain case
- a variation of braincase.
Example Sentences
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“The side of the brain case, how it looks, it’s just identical to a screamer.”
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 3, 2024
The brain case showed a curious head-shoulder joint highlighted by the configuration of muscles and blood vessels.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2023
By comparing this feature in the jawed fish fossil with the brain case features of their precursors, the jawless fish, he and the team discovered new ways the two could be compared.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2023
For years, many scientists assumed that a spongy bone between the bird's upper beak and brain case served this function — perhaps because it would almost seem cruel for nature to dictate otherwise.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2022
But what is still more extraordinary, the few remains yet known of pre-historic man do not indicate any material diminution in the size of the brain case.
From Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays by Wallace, Alfred Russel
