crania
Bony head shells
Crania is the plural of cranium, the skull or specifically the part of the skull enclosing the brain.
The term appears primarily in medical and anatomical contexts: The crania showed evidence of ancient surgical intervention.
Outside technical writing, skulls is the usual plural.
Top of skull
- braincaseSkull's brain enclosure
- frontalOf the fore side
- parietalOf the skull wall
- occipitalOf the skull's rear
temporal · sphenoid · ethmoid · sutures · foramen · orbit · maxilla · mandible
Human-like primate family
- NeanderthalsExtinct European hominins
- AustralopithecusExtinct hominin genus
- paleoanthropologyScience of ancestral human remains
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
brachycephalic · craniometry · bipedalism · primatology · Denisovans
Establishing who someone is
Study of ancient organisms
- excavationAct of unearthing
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
- datingPursuing romantic connections
prehistoric · Pleistocene · fragmented · reconstruction · Lucy
calvaria
Top of skull
occipital · temporal · sphenoid · ethmoid · sutures · foramen · orbit · maxilla · mandible · nasal
hominids
Human-like primate family
- NeanderthalsExtinct European hominins
- AustralopithecusExtinct hominin genus
- paleoanthropologyScience of ancestral human remains
morphology · brachycephalic · craniometry · bipedalism · primatology · Denisovans
identification
Establishing who someone is
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- autopsyMedical examination after death
osteology · burial · repatriation · pathology · trepanation
paleontology
Study of ancient organisms
- excavationAct of unearthing
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
dating · prehistoric · Pleistocene · fragmented · reconstruction · Lucy
craniasplanchnocranium
Facial bones of skull
mandible · maxilla · mandibles · maxillae · nasal bones
- cranial cavitySkull's interior chamber
- cranial nerveNerve originating in brainstem
- cranial surgeryMedical procedure on head
- cranial bonesBones encasing the brain
- cranial capacitySkull's internal volume
splanchnocranium, cranium, cranial, intracranial, craniums, craniofacial, cranially