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

Every vessel and nerve supplying the scalp was destroyed, and the pericranium was torn off in three places, one of the denuded spots measuring five by seven cm. and another five by six cm.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Suppuration under the pericranium tends to be limited by the inter-sutural attachments of the membrane.

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

Heigho! when will any Invention visit the human pericranium?

From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 by Poe, Edgar Allan

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

They may originate in the pericranium, in the diploë, or in the dura mater, and usually involve the bones of the vault.

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