pericranium
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pericrania
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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
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This large flap was thrown backward, like the lid of a box, the skull being denuded of its pericranium for the space of 2 1/2 by one inch in extent.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Blood extravasated under the pericranium is limited by the attachments of this membrane at the sutures.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
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 John Haslam
It is nourished chiefly from the pericranium which is firmly bound down along the lines of the sutures.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
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 Alexander Miles
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