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  2. Skull - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Human head - Wikipedia

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    The brain is enclosed within the skull. There are 22 bones in the human head. The head rests on the neck, and the seven cervical vertebrae support it. The human head typically weighs between 2.3 and 5 kilograms (5.1 and 11.0 lb) Over 98% of humans fit into this range. There have been odd incidences where human beings have abnormally small or ...

  4. List of bones of the human skeleton - Wikipedia

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    There are 23 bones in the skull. Including the bones of the middle ear and the hyoid bone, the head contains 29 bones. Cranial bones (8) Occipital bone. Parietal bones (2) Frontal bone. Temporal bones (2) Sphenoid bone (sometimes counted as facial) Ethmoid bone (sometimes counted as facial)

  5. Calavera - Wikipedia

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    A sugar skull, a common gift for children and decoration for the Day of the Dead. A calavera (Spanish – pronounced [kalaˈβeɾa] for "skull"), in the context of Day of the Dead, is a representation of a human skull or skeleton. The term is often applied to edible or decorative skulls made (usually with molds) from either sugar (called ...

  6. For the Love of God - Wikipedia

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    For the Love of God is a sculpture by artist Damien Hirst produced in 2007. It consists of a platinum cast of an 18th-century human skull encrusted with 8,601 flawless diamonds, including a pear-shaped pink diamond located in the forehead that is known as the Skull Star Diamond. [1] The skull's teeth are original, and were purchased by Hirst in ...

  7. Jay Villemarette - Wikipedia

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    After finishing high school, Villemarette began cleaning and selling skulls as a side job. After losing his job as an auto-body mechanic, he decided to try selling skulls as a full time occupation. He began by creating a printed list of skulls for sale in 1985. In 1986, Skulls Unlimited was founded as a provider of osteological specimens.

  8. Neurocranium - Wikipedia

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    Orange: Temporal bone (2) Green: Occipital bone (1) Red: Ethmoid bone (1) 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.

  9. Human skeleton - Wikipedia

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    The human skeleton is the internal framework of the human body. It is composed of around 270 bones at birth – this total decreases to around 206 bones by adulthood after some bones get fused together. [1] The bone mass in the skeleton makes up about 14% of the total body weight (ca. 10–11 kg for an average person) and reaches maximum mass ...