English > skull: 1 sense > noun 1, body| Meaning | The bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates. |
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| Part of | axial skeleton | The part of the skeleton that includes the skull and spinal column and sternum and ribs |
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| head, caput | The upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals |
| Parts | cheekbone, zygomatic bone, zygomatic, malar, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum | The arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek |
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| craniometric point | A landmark on the skull from which craniometric measurements can be taken |
| cranium, braincase, brainpan | The part of the skull that encloses the brain |
| endocranium | membrane lining the inside of the skull |
| eye socket, orbit, cranial orbit, orbital cavity | The bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball |
| jaw | The part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth |
| sphenoid bone, sphenoid, os sphenoidale | butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull |
| vomer | Thin trapezoidal bone of the skull forming the posterior and inferior parts of the nasal septum |
| Broader | bone, os | rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates |
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| Spanish | caja craniana, calavera, cráneo |
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| Catalan | caixa craniana, calavera, crani |
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