cranial cavity
Brain's bony home
The cranial cavity is the hollow space within the skull that contains and protects the brain.
Formed by the bones of the cranium, it houses the brain along with its surrounding membranes, blood vessels, and cerebrospinal fluid.
The term appears in anatomical and medical contexts: The tumor was located within the cranial cavity.
- skullHead's bone casing
- brainSeat of cognition
- meningesBrain and cord coverings
- cerebrospinalOf brain and spinal cord
- spinal fluidNervous system's protective liquid
foramen · dura · vault · inner space · braincase · gray matter · encephalon · fontanel · soft spot · suture · temporal · parietal · occipital · frontal · sphenoid · cerebral · neural · hollow
- neuroanatomybrain, cerebellum, cerebral cortex, thalamus, hypothalamus
- body cavitiesspinal canal, posterior chamber, ventricle, ventricles, amniotic sac
- skull anatomyskull, frontal bone, braincase, mandible, maxilla
cranial, cranium, craniotomy, craniofacial, intracranial, cavity, cavern, concave, concavity