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- The endocranium in comparative anatomy is a part of the skull base in vertebrates and it represents the basal, inner part of the cranium. The term is...
- loosely connected bones. Lampreys and sharks only possess a cartilaginous endocranium, with both the upper and lower jaws being separate elements. Bony fishes...
- comparative anatomy, neurocranium is sometimes used synonymously with endocranium or chondrocranium. The neurocranium is divided into two portions: the...
- floor, is the most inferior area of the skull. It is composed of the endocranium and the lower parts of the calvaria. Structures found at the base of...
- deformation has an effect in brain power. The cranial vault is composed of the endocranium forming the basal parts, topped by the skull roof in land vertebrates...
- usually refers specifically to the splanchnocranium (as opposed to the endocranium and dermatocranium) This disambiguation page lists articles ****ociated...
- genus is known from multiple parts of the skull roof, the suborbital, endocranium, and trunk shield. The type species Bryantolepis brachycephala was described...
- is among the most basal elements of the skull and forms part of the endocranium. Petrous comes from the Latin word petrosus, meaning "stone-like, hard"...
- basal cranial structure, and lays the base for the formation of the endocranium. The portion of the chondrocranium that is ****ociated with the notochord...
- and bone. The brain of Sphenodon fills only half of the volume of its endocranium. This proportion has actually been used by paleontologists trying to...