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  2. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    Second, medical roots generally go together according to language, i.e., Greek prefixes occur with Greek suffixes and Latin prefixes with Latin suffixes. Although international scientific vocabulary is not stringent about segregating combining forms of different languages, it is advisable when coining new words not to mix different lingual roots.

  3. Skull - Wikipedia

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    The skull, or cranium, is typically a bony enclosure around the brain of a vertebrate. [1] [2] In some fish, and amphibians, the skull is of cartilage. The skull is at the head end of the vertebrate. In the human the skull comprises two prominent parts: the neurocranium, and the facial skeleton. [3] which evolved from the first pharyngeal arch.

  4. Cranioplasty - Wikipedia

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    The word cranioplasty can be broken down into two parts: cranio- and -plasty. Cranio- originates from the Ancient Greek word κρανίον, meaning " cranium ", while -plasty comes from the Ancient Greek word πλαστός, meaning "moulded" or "fashioned".

  5. Cranial cavity - Wikipedia

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    The cranial cavity, also known as intracranial space, is the space within the skull that accommodates the brain.The skull is also known as the cranium. [1] The cranial cavity is formed by eight cranial bones known as the neurocranium that in humans includes the skull cap and forms the protective case around the brain.

  6. Head and neck anatomy - Wikipedia

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    The CNS is protected by the cranium, vertebral column, meninges, cerebrospinal fluid. The spinal cord is an extension of the brain. The spinal cord and the brain stem are joined at the base of the cranium at the foramen magnum. Most of the functions of the head and neck are directly influenced by the brain and transmitted to the PNS via the ...

  7. Axial skeleton - Wikipedia

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    3D medical animation still shot of human skull. The axial skeleton is the core part of the endoskeleton made of the bones of the head and trunk of vertebrates.In the human skeleton, it consists of 80 bones and is composed of the skull (28 bones, including the cranium, mandible and the middle ear ossicles), the vertebral column (26 bones, including vertebrae, sacrum and coccyx), the rib cage ...

  8. Parietal bone - Wikipedia

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    The parietal bones (/ p ə ˈ r aɪ. ɪ t əl / pə-RY-it-əl) are two bones in the skull which, when joined at a fibrous joint known as a cranial suture, form the sides and roof of the neurocranium.

  9. Calvaria (skull) - Wikipedia

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    The calvaria is the top part of the skull.It is the superior part of the neurocranium and covers the cranial cavity containing the brain. It forms the main component of the skull roof.