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 22 bones, which are divided into two categories: cranial bones and 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
These passages are named the venous blood sinuses of the dura mater, and they are lodged in the grooves on the inner surface of the skull referred to in the description of the cranial bones.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
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