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Skull

LC control no.sh 85123237
LC classificationGN71 GN131 Anthropology
QL822 Comparative anatomy
QM105 Human anatomy
Topical headingSkull
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Variant(s)Brain case
Braincase
Brainpan
Cranium
Fontanel
Fontanelle
See alsoBones
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Skeleton
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Head
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Scope noteHere are entered anatomical and pathological works on the skull. Works on methods of measuring the skull are entered under Craniometry. Anthropological, archaeological, or ethnological works on skulls are entered under Craniology.
Subject example tracingNotes under Craniology; Craniometry
Found inMaisey, J.G. Braincase of the Upper Devonian shark Cladodoides wildungensis (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii), with observations on the braincase in early chondrichthyans, 2005.
American heritage dict. of the Engl. lang., via WWW, Apr. 19, 2006 (braincase, also brain case: The part of the skull that encloses the brain; the cranium. Also called brainpan)