English > cranium: 1 sense > noun 1, body| Meaning | The part of the skull that encloses the brain. |
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| Synonyms | braincase, brainpan |
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| Part of | skull | The bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates |
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| Parts | asterion | The craniometric point at the junction of the lamboid suture and the occipitomastoid suture and the parietomastoid suture |
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| calvaria, skullcap | The dome of the skull |
| coronal suture, sutura coronalis | The suture between the parietal and frontal bones of the skull |
| ethmoid, ethmoid bone | One of the eight bones of the cranium |
| fontanelle, fontanel, soft spot | Any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus |
| foramen magnum | The large opening at the base of the cranium through which the spinal cord passes |
| frontal bone, os frontale, forehead | The large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium |
| frontal suture, sutura frontalis | The suture between two halves of the frontal bone (usually obliterated by the age of 6) |
| lamboid suture, sutura lamboidea | The suture between the occipital and parietal bones |
| occipital bone | A saucer-shaped membrane bone that forms the back of the skull |
| occipitomastoid suture | The suture between the occipital and the temporal bones |
| parietal bone | Either of two skull bones between the frontal and occipital bones and forming the top and sides / sides of the cranium |
| parietomastoid suture | The suture between the parietal and the temporal bones |
| sagittal suture, interparietal suture, sutura sagittalis | The suture uniting the two parietal bones |
| stephanion | The craniometric point on the coronal suture above the acoustic meatus |
| temporal bone, os temporale | A thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear |
| Broader | bone, os | rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates |
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| Spanish | caja craneana, cráneo |
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| Catalan | crani |
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| Adjectives | cranial | of or relating to the cranium which encloses the brain |
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