cranium
IPA: krˈeɪniʌm
noun
- (anatomy) That part of the skull consisting of the bones enclosing the brain, but not including the bones of the face or jaw.
- (anthropology, informal) The upper portion of the skull, including the neurocranium and facial bones, but not including the jawbone (mandible).
- (informal) Synonym of skull.
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Examples of "cranium" in Sentences
- A metal hook was found in the cranium.
- The vertical height of the cranium is high.
- The cranium and mandible are from different animals.
- Fused bones include those of the pelvis and the cranium.
- Somewhere in his cranium a neuron twitched the wrong way.
- It is the area that lines the inner surface of the cranium.
- It consists of a piece from the hind portion of the cranium.
- The head at its anterior end contains the brain case or cranium.
- The human cranium is composed of distinct bones that encompass the brain.
- The frontal bones and the parietal bones form the roof and sides of the cranium.
- Would SOMEBODY extract this guy's cranium from the deep, dark, haunts of his rectum?
- As her opponents have learned, infiltrating Sharapova's Fort Knox cranium is nearly impossible.
- The place where I bought mine—aka my cranium prosthesis—had actual names for all of their products.
- Tony Snow was just a talking empty head at FOX News, so he has no idea how to answer questions since his cranium is filled with helium lol.
- **** Dear megMooch – for the 100th time (I realize facts penetrating your cranium is something novel) but go back and see how EVERY re-count of FLORIDA came out.
- The Hofmeyr cranium is consistent with the hypothesis that UP Eurasians descended from a population that emigrated from sub-Saharan Africa in the Late Pleistocene.
- I can’t help it if that microscopic Ball Bearing inside of your cranium is incapable of comprehending it, but your inability to formulate a coherent argument does not deter from it’s relevence.
- In that article, I observed that, while there are many indications that the film is a fabrication, the most important proof is the inconsistency between the impact damage to the cranium, which is the film's most stunning feature, showing brains and gore bulging out to JFK's right-front, and the medical evidence, which shows a massive defect at the back of his head just to the right of center.
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