The neurocranium consists of two temporal bones situated to the base and side of the skull and two parietal bones that make up the roof of the skull.
Roof of skull.
The bones are derived from dermal bone and are part of the dermatocranium.
Facial part rostral part making up the muzzle and the roof of the nasal cavity the neurocranial part of the roof of the skull is aka.
The eight bones of the neurocranium form major portions of the skull and protect the brain.
The various separate bones that compose the temporal bone of humans are also part of the skull roof series.
Cal var i ums or cal var i a ē ə the upper domelike portion of the skull without the lower jaw or the lower jaw and the facial parts.
Latin calvāria skull from calva from calvus bald american heritage dictionary of the english language fifth edition.
In comparative anatomy the term is used on the full dermatocranium.
The skull roof is formed of a series of plate like bones including the maxilla frontals parietals and lacrimals among others.
It is overlaying the endocranium corresponding to the cartilaginous skull in sharks and rays.
Kal var e ah the domelike superior portion of the cranium comprising the superior portions of the frontal parietal and occipital bones.
A single occipital bone forms the base of the skull and the frontal bone forms the forehead.
Called also cranial vault.