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neurocranium

[noor″o-kra´ne-um]

the part of the cranium enclosing the brain. adj., adj neurocra´nial.

neu·ro·cra·ni·um

(nū'rō-krā'nē-ŭm), [TA]

Those bones of the cranium enclosing the brain, as distinguished from the bones of the face.

Synonym(s): brain box ☆ , braincase, cranial vault, cranium cerebrale, cerebral cranium

[neuro- + G. kranion, skull]

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neu·ro·cra·ni·um

(nūr'ō-krā'nē-ŭm) [TA]

Those bones of the cranium enclosing the brain, as distinguished from the bones of the face.
Synonym(s): brain box, braincase.

[neuro- + G. kranion, skull]

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neurocranium

that part of the vertebrate skull forming the brain case and sense capules.

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A fossil skull of the extant blue marlin (Makaira nigricans Lacepede, 1802) from the late Miocene of Orange County, California

At stage 39 in the normal neurocranium [ILLUSTRATION FOR FIGURE 4E OMITTED], the ethmoid plate (ep) joins the lamina orbitonasalis (lo) and trabeculae (t).

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The mean and standard deviation of cranial thickness measurements at the ten sites of the neurocranium are presented in Table I.

The neurocranium of one skull was painted and decorated with tinfoil strips, while the two other skulls were completely overlaid with tinfoil from which floral and abstract motifs were cut (Fig.

Decorated headhunting trophies of Borneo: a forgotten ritual art

1995) at the rear of the neurocranium (Morales-Nin 2000).

Morphology and morphometric relationships of the sagitta of Diapterus auratus (Perciformes: Gerreidae) from Veracruz, Mexico

Fish otoliths are the specialized hard parts of the actinopterygian and sarcopterygian acoustico-lateralis system, situated in the membranous labyrinths in the otic capsules of the neurocranium. Bony fishes (teleostean) have three otoliths (the saccular, utricular, and lagenar) in each of the two labyrinths.

First fossil record of Totoaba Villamar 1980 (Teleostei: Sciaenidae) based upon early Miocene otoliths from California with comments on the ontogeny of the saccular otolith

The AP was not recorded in the burrfish because this species has a fixed suspensorium (fused to the neurocranium) and only a few fibers of this muscle.

Evolution of pufferfish inflation behavior

Neurocranium. In dorsal view a rostral appendix separated from the neurocranium can be observed, anterior to the nasal capsules where pectoral fins meet.

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