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chondrocranium

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chondrocranium /chon·dro·cra·ni·um/ (-kra´ne-um) that part of the neurocranium formed by endochondral ossification and comprising the bones of the base of the skull.
chon·dro·cra·ni·um (kndr-krn-m)
n.
The cartilaginous parts of the developing skull.

chondrocranium [kon″dro-kra´ne-um]
the cartilaginous cranial structure of the embryo from the seventh week to the middle of the third month, when it is a unified cartilaginous mass without clear boundaries indicating the limits of future bones.

chondrocranium
the cartilaginous cranial structure of the embryo in early pregnancy when it is a unified cartilaginous mass without clear boundaries indicating the limits of future bones.

chondrocranium
Anatomy The bones of the base of the brain which are formed by endochondral ossification


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This primitive arrangement of chondrocranium and gill arches forms the basis of the skull in all jawed vertebrates.
However, systematic deposits of calcium phosphate have also been found in chondrocranium, jaws, visceral arches, fin cartilage, claspers, neural and haemal arches (Clement, 1992).
The chondrocranium of the embryo was evidently damaged and foreshortened by the general compression of its snout.
 
 
 
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