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The cavity in the skull in which the parts of the internal ear are lodged.

Pertaining to the palatine and pterygoid region of the skull; as, the palatopterygoid cartilage, or rod, from which the palatine and pterygoid bones are developed.

The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium. Chaucer.

The brainpan, or skull; hence, the crest. [Obs.] Spenser.

either side of the notochord; -- applied especially to the cartilaginous rudiments of the skull on each side of the anterior part of the notochord. -- n.

oid portion of the temporal bone; paroccipital; -- applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals.

applied especially to a bone situated immediately beneath the sphenoid in the base of the skull in many animals. -- n.

dicate connection with, or relation to, the parietal bones or the parietal segment of the skull; as, the parieto-mastoid suture.

tal condyle or the occipital bone; paramastoid; -- applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals.

The strong ligament of the back of the neck in quadrupeds. It connects the back of the skull with dorsal spines of the cervical vertebræ, and helps to support the head. Called also paxywaxy and packwax.

Pertaining to petrous, oe periotic, portion of the skull and the hyoid arch; as, the petrohyoid muscles of the frog.

at the mental faculties, and traits of character, are shown on the surface of the head or skull; craniology.

A kind of skull cap of felt.

olar teeth intermediate between those of man and the anthropoids, and the calvaria of the skull, indicating a brain capacity of about 900 cubic centimeters, and resembling in form that of the Neanderthal man. Also [pl. -thropi],

Having an oblique lateral deformity of the skull.

Oblique lateral deformity of the skull.

Situated back of the temporal bone or the temporal region of the skull; -- applied especially to a bone which usually connects the supraclavicle with the skull in the pectoral arch of fishes. -- n.

Situated behind the tympanum, or in the skull, behind the auditory meatus.

Situated behind the frontal bone or the frontal region of the skull; -- applied especially to a bone back of and below the frontal in many animals. -- n.

Situated in front of the frontal bone, or the frontal region of the skull; ectethmoid, as a certain bone in the nasal capsule of many animals, and certain scales of reptiles and fishes. -- n.