neurocranium /neu·ro·cra·ni·um/ (-kra´ne-um) the part of the cranium enclosing the brain.neurocra´nial 
neurocranium [noor″o-kra´ne-um]
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Neurocranium, comprising membranous and cartilaginous portions; the former, the calvaria, includes the frontal and parietal and portions of the temporal, occipital, and sphenoid bones; the latter, the chondrocranium, includes the ethmoid and portions of the occipital, temporal, and sphenoid bones.
neu·ro·cra·ni·um (n r  -kr  n - m)n. The part of the skull enclosing the brain. |
neurocranium [noor″o-kra´ne-um]
the part of the cranium enclosing the brain. adj., adj neurocra´nial.
neurocranium
the part of the cranium enclosing the brain.
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