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In human anatomy, the neurocranium, also known as the braincase, brainpan, or brain-pan, [ 1 ][ 2 ] is the upper and back part of the skull, which forms a protective case around the brain. [ 3 ] In the human skull, the neurocranium includes the calvaria or skullcap. The remainder of the skull is the facial skeleton.
The facial skeleton comprises the facial bones that may attach to build a portion of the skull. [ 1 ] The remainder of the skull is the neurocranium. In human anatomy and development, the facial skeleton is sometimes called the membranous viscerocranium, which comprises the mandible and dermatocranial elements that are not part of the braincase.
The skull is a bone protective cavity for the brain. [1] The skull is composed of three types of bone: cranial bones, facial bones, and ear ossicles. Two parts are more prominent: the cranium (pl.: craniums or crania) and the mandible. [2] In humans, these two parts are the neurocranium (braincase) and the viscerocranium (facial skeleton) that ...
In human anatomy and development, viscerocranium usually refers to elements of the skull that are not part of the braincase (as opposed to the neurocranium), and which can be subdivided into: The membranous viscerocranium, comprising the facial skeleton. The cartilaginous viscerocranium, comprising the splanchnocranium. In comparative anatomy ...
The skeletal section of the head and neck forms the top part of the axial skeleton and is made up of the skull, hyoid bone, auditory ossicles, and cervical spine. The skull can be further subdivided into: the facial bones (14 bones: 2-zygomatic, 2-maxillary, 2-palatine, 2-nasal, 2-lacrimal, vomer, 2-inferior conchae, mandible).
Cranial neural crest. The cranial neural crest is one of the four regions of the neural crest. [1] The cranial neural crest arises in the anterior and populates the face and the pharyngeal arches giving rise to bones, cartilage, nerves and connective tissue. [2] The endocranium and facial bones of the skull are ultimately derived from crest cells.
The breadth of the head from the right tragion to the left. Tragion is the cartilaginous notch at the front of the ear. Men 13.1 13.5 14.5 15.5 15.9 Women 12.5 12.8 13.3 14.3 15.0 Glabella to back of head 7 The horizontal distance from the most anterior point of the forehead between the brow-ridges (glabella) to the back of the head. Men 18.3 18.8
The musculoskeletal system provides form, support, stability, and movement to the body. The human musculoskeletal system is made up of the bones of the skeleton, muscles, cartilage, [1] tendons, ligaments, joints, and other connective tissue that supports and binds tissues and organs together. The musculoskeletal system's primary functions ...