calvaria

[kal-var´e-ah]

the domelike superior portion of the cranium, comprising the superior portions of the frontal, parietal, and occipital bones. Called also cranial vault.

Calvaria. From Dorland's, 2000.

cal·var·i·a

, pl.

cal·var·i·ae

(kal-vā'rē-ă, -vā'rē-ē), [TA] Avoid the incorrect form calvarium.

The upper domelike portion of the skull.

Synonym(s): roof of skull, skullcap

[L. a skull]

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cal·var·i·a

, pl. calvariae (kal-var'ē-ă, -ē) [TA]

The upper domelike portion of the skull.
Synonym(s): skullcap.

[L. a skull]

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

cal·var·i·a

, pl. calvariae (kal-var'ē-ă, -ē) [TA] Avoid the incorrect form calvarium.

Skull's upper domelike portion.

[L. a skull]

Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012

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However, it must be kept in mind that hypoplastic calvaria strongly indicates phases of arterial hypotonia and subsequent hypoxia during fetal development.

Long-Term Consequences of Fetal Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonist Exposure

Interestingly, BMPs have been shown to be involved in the responses of rat calvaria osteoblasts to PEMFs in a study by Bodamyali et al.

The Use of Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields to Promote Bone Responses to Biomaterials In Vitro and In Vivo

Human gingival and periodontal fibroblasts (hGF and hPDL), human root derived cell (hRDC), and rat calvaria bone cell (rCalB) were cultured on the GRGD-fixed by ultraviolet light photochemical method on the chitosan membrane.

Enhanced attachment and growth of periodontal cells on glycine-arginine-glycine-aspartic modified chitosan membranes

After reflecting the scalp, coronal, sagittal, lambdoid sutures were studied applying Acsadi-Nemeskeri scale endocranially, after removing the calvaria by craniotome taking due care to include complete coronal and sagittal suture.

Determination of age by study of closure of endocranial sutures

Bone autografting of the calvaria and craniofacial skeleton: Historical background, surgical results in a series of 15 patients, and review of the literature.

Early autologous cranioplasty after decompressive hemi-craniectomy for severe traumatic brain injury

"It is a very minimal procedure to just cut off a strip of bone instead of cutting the entire calvaria [skull cap]," Chai said.

Stem cells that prevent birth defect also repair facial injury

Zhang, Y., Zeng, X., Zhang, L., Zheng, X., 2007, Stimulatory effect of puerarin on bone formation through activation of PI3K/Akt pathway in rat calvaria osteoblasts.

Puerarin concurrently stimulates osteoprotegerin and inhibits receptor activator of NF-[kappa]B ligand (RANKL) and interleukin-6 production in human osteoblastic MG-63 cells

Therefore, as in the above-mentioned studies, in the present research, the use of a direct digital system, Kodak Dental Systems RVG 6100, in conjunction with an aluminum scale was efficient for optical density evaluation of bone repair process resulting from grafts made with zirconia granules in bone defects in rat calvaria.

Optical density evaluation around the zirconia granules used as graft in rat calvaria/Avaliacao da densidade optica ao redor dos granulos de zirconia usados como enxerto na calvaria de ratos