pericranium

American  

[per-i-krey-nee-uhm] / ˌpɛr ɪˈkreɪ ni əm /

noun

Anatomy.

plural

pericrania

1. the outer periosteum of the cranium.

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pericranium British  

/ ˌpɛrɪˈkreɪnɪəm /

noun

1. the fibrous membrane covering the external surface of the skull

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Other Word Forms

• pericranial adjective
• subpericranial adjective

Etymology

Origin of pericranium

1515–25; < New Latin < Greek perikránion, noun use of neuter of perikránios surrounding the skull, equivalent to peri- peri- + kraní ( on ) cranium + -os adj. suffix

Example Sentences

On opening the head, the pericranium was scarcely adherent.

From Observations on Madness and Melancholy Including Practical Remarks on those Diseases together with Cases and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection by Haslam, John

Now, Bon-Bon, do you behold the thoughts—the thoughts, I say,—the ideas—the reflections—which are being engendered in her pericranium?

From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5 by Poe, Edgar Allan

Between the scalp proper and the pericranium is a quantity of loose areolar tissue, in the meshes of which extravasated blood or inflammatory products can rapidly spread over a wide area.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

The pericranium and dura mater adhered firmly to the scull; in many places there was an opake whiteness of the tunica arachnoidea.

From Observations on Madness and Melancholy Including Practical Remarks on those Diseases together with Cases and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection by Haslam, John

These effusions are to be distinguished from the cephal-hæmatoma, in which the blood collects between the pericranium and the bone.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander