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Definition
: The SKELETON of the HEAD including the FACIAL BONES and the bones enclosing the BRAIN.
bony part of head only; differentiate from HEAD & FACE; "cranial" is SKULL; /abnorm: consider also CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; /anat: consider also CEPHALOMETRY; /inj "cranio-cerebral inj" is CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA (or its specifics) only & not also here consider also terms at CRANI-
See Also
Cephalometry
;
Craniotomy
;
Intracranial Pressure
;
Trephining
Examples
Cranial Fontanelles
;
Cranial Sutures
;
Ethmoid Bone
;
Facial Bones
;
Frontal Bone
;
Occipital Bone
;
Parietal Bone
;
Pterygopalatine Fossa
;
Skull Base
;
Sphenoid Bone
;
Temporal Bone
Other names
Cranium; Calvaria; Skulls; Calvarium
Substance
CAS Registry & name
Categories
Source
Volcke Soekarman syndrome
0
*Dandy-Walker Syndrome
*Growth Disorders
*Intellectual Disability
*Spastic Paraplegia, Hereditary
Brain/abnormalities
Skull/abnormalities.
Kozlowski Warren Fisher syndrome
0
*Bone Diseases, Developmental
*Thanatophoric Dysplasia
Skull/abnormalities.
Scott Bryant Graham syndrome
0
*Abnormalities, Multiple
Skull/abnormalities
*Intellectual Disability
*Syndactyly.
Craniometaphyseal dysplasia, autosomal recessive type
0
*Craniofacial Dysostosis
*Craniosynostoses
Brain/abnormalities
Skull/abnormalities.
Craniometaphyseal dysplasia dominant type
0
*Bone Diseases, Developmental
*Facial Paralysis
*Osteoporosis
Skull/abnormalities.
Van Buchem disease type 2
0
*Osteosclerosis
*Craniofacial Abnormalities
Mandible/abnormalities
Skull/abnormalities.
Thanatophoric dysplasia, type 2
0
*Thanatophoric Dysplasia
Skull/abnormalities.
Cloverleaf skull micromelia thoracic dysplasia
0
*Bone Diseases
*Osteochondrodysplasias
Skull/abnormalities.
Bird headed dwarfism Montreal type
0
*Dwarfism
*Hair Diseases
*Micrognathism
*Nose Deformities, Acquired
*Progeria
Skull/abnormalities.