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- Viscerocranium may refer to one of two related concepts: In human anatomy and development, viscerocranium usually refers to elements of the skull that...
- development, the facial skeleton is sometimes called the membranous viscerocranium, which comprises the mandible and dermatocranial elements that are not...
- The splanchnocranium (or visceral skeleton) is the portion of the cranium that is derived from pharyngeal arches. Splanchno indicates to the gut because...
- In humans, these two parts are the neurocranium (braincase) and the viscerocranium (facial skeleton) that includes the mandible as its largest bone. The...
- important bone in the midface. It provides structural support for the viscerocranium. It is perforated by numerous foramina for the p****age of the nutrient...
- sphenoidal body and at the sphenoidal conchae). eleven bones of the viscerocranium—, two nasal bones, two maxillae, two lacrimals, two palatines, two inferior...
- bones: two of the neurocranium, the frontal and ethmoid, and two of the viscerocranium, the maxilla and the inferior nasal concha. In early lobe-finned fishes...
- unique through the anatomical variation present in the bones of the viscerocranium (and neurocranium). The bones involved in shaping the face are mainly...
- Nutrient foramen Nutrient canal Ossification center Cranium Neurocranium Viscerocranium Cranial cavity Forehead Occiput Nasion Bregma Lambda Inion Pterion Asterion...
- cranial bones that houses and protect the brain—and the facial skeleton (viscerocranium) composed of fourteen bones, not including the three ossicles of the...