cranium

cra·ni·um  (krn-m)

n. pl. cra·ni·ums or cra·ni·a (-n-)

1. The skull of a vertebrate.

2. The portion of the skull enclosing the brain; the braincase.

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[Middle English craneum, from Medieval Latin crnium, from Greek krnion; see ker-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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cranium

Noun

pl -niums or -nia Anat

1. the skull

2. the part of the skull that encloses the brain [Greek kranion]

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cranium  (krn-m)

Plural craniums or crania

The vertebrate skull, especially the part that encloses and protects the brain.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

cranium - the part of the skull that encloses the brain braincase, brainpan asterion - the craniometric point at the junction of the lamboid suture and the occipitomastoid suture and the parietomastoid suture stephanion - the craniometric point on the coronal suture above the acoustic meatus bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates ethmoid, ethmoid bone - one of the eight bones of the cranium; a small bone filled with air spaces that forms part of the eye sockets and the nasal cavity os temporale, temporal bone - a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner ear skull - the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates calvaria, skullcap - the dome of the skull frontal bone, os frontale, forehead - the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits parietal bone - either of two skull bones between the frontal and occipital bones and forming the top and sides of the cranium occipital bone - a saucer-shaped membrane bone that forms the back of the skull coronal suture, sutura coronalis - the suture between the parietal and frontal bones of the skull 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 occipitomastoid suture - the suture between the occipital and the temporal bones; a continuation of the lamboid suture parietomastoid suture - the suture between the parietal and the temporal bones interparietal suture, sagittal suture, sutura sagittalis - the suture uniting the two parietal bones fontanel, fontanelle, 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

Translations

cranium [ˈkreɪnɪəm] n → cráneo

cranium [crania , pl ] [ˈkreɪnɪəm, ˈkreɪnɪə] n → boîte crânienne

cranium [ˈkreɪnɪəm] [crania , pl ] n → Schädel m

cranium [pl crania] [ˈkreɪnɪəm, ˈkreɪnɪə] n → cranio