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  2. Craniometry - Wikipedia

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    A human skull and measurement device from 1902. Craniometry is measurement of the cranium (the main part of the skull), usually the human cranium.It is a subset of cephalometry, measurement of the head, which in humans is a subset of anthropometry, measurement of the human body.

  3. Human head - Wikipedia

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    The human head consists of a fleshy outer portion, which surrounds the bony skull. 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 ...

  4. Skull - Wikipedia

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    Skull in situ Human head skull from side Anatomy of a flat bone – the periosteum of the neurocranium is known as the pericranium Human skull from the front Side bones of skull. The human skull is the bone structure that forms the head in the human skeleton. It supports the structures of the face and forms a cavity for the brain. Like the ...

  5. Human blockhead - Wikipedia

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    Sideshow performer blockheads a butter knife. This stunt is said to have been developed by renowned magician and sideshow performer Melvin Burkhart (1907–2001) [2] [3] after his nose was broken in a boxing bout and he became fascinated by the way that the doctors inserted instruments into his nose.

  6. Cranial cavity - Wikipedia

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    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. The remainder of the skull is the facial skeleton. The meninges are three protective membranes that surround the brain to minimize damage to the brain in the case of head trauma ...

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  8. Human skull symbolism - Wikipedia

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    The serpent in the skull is always making its way through the socket that was the eye: knowledge persists beyond death, the emblem says, and the serpent has the secret. The late medieval and Early Renaissance Northern and Italian painters place the skull where it lies at the foot of the Cross at Golgotha (Aramaic for the place of the skull).

  9. Category:Individual human heads, skulls and brains - Wikipedia

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