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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
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.
 
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