Neurocranium

Neurocranium
Neurocranium
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Neurocranium (note: diagram uses the term "cranial bones" in the more narrow sense.)
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Base of skull
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In mammals, the neurocranium or braincase is the back part of the skull and houses the brain. In front of it is the interorbital region. The size of the braincase is variable among mammals. The roof may contain ridges such as the temporal crests. Below the braincase is a complex of foramina (openings) and bones, including the foramen magnum which houses the neural spine. The auditory bullae, located in the same region, aid in hearing.[1] In humans, it is the upper portion of the skull.

The neurocranium is formed by the endocranium, the lower portions of the cranial vault, and the skull roof. These are not fused in fishes, and a proper neurocranium is only found in land vertebrates.

In humans, it includes the following bones:

The term "cranium" can be ambiguous, in that it can refer to the neurocranium, or the neurocranium and the Facial skeleton.

Neurocranium

Embryonic origins

The neurocranium arises from paraxial mesoderm. There is also some contribution of ectomesenchyme. In Chondrichthyes and other cartilaginous vertebrates this portion of the cranium does not ossify; it is not replaced via endochondral ossification.

See also

References

  1. ^ Elbroch, M. 2006. Animal skulls: A guide to North American species. Stackpole Books, pp. 20–22. ISBN 9780811733090
v · d · eBones of head and neck: compound structures of skull (TA A02.1.00.002–052, GA 2.178–199)
Neurocranium
Facial skeleton
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v · d · eBones of head and neck: the neurocranium of the skull (TA A02.1.01–07, GA 2.129–155)
Occipital
Other
Parietal
Frontal
Ethmoidal notch · Fossa for lacrimal gland · Trochlear fovea · Frontal sinus · Frontonasal duct
Temporal
Sphenoid
Surfaces
fossae (Pterygoid, Scaphoid) · pterygoid plates (Lateral, Medial) · Pterygoid canal · Hamulus
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Ethmoid
Plates
Surfaces
Ethmoid sinus · ethmoidal foramina (Posterior, Anterior)

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