A single occipital bone forms the base of the skull and the frontal bone forms the forehead.
Roof of skull.
The bones are derived from dermal bone and are part of the dermatocranium.
In comparative anatomy the term is used on the full dermatocranium.
Cal var i ums or cal var i a ē ə the upper domelike portion of the skull without the lower jaw or the lower jaw and the facial parts.
The eight bones of the neurocranium form major portions of the skull and protect the brain.
The neurocranium consists of two temporal bones situated to the base and side of the skull and two parietal bones that make up the roof of the skull.
The various separate bones that compose the temporal bone of humans are also part of the skull roof series.
Cranial part actually caudal in position covering the brain 2.
The skull roof or the roofing bones of the skull are a set of bones covering the brain eyes and nostrils in bony fishes and all land living vertebrates.
Kal var e ah the domelike superior portion of the cranium comprising the superior portions of the frontal parietal and occipital bones.
The skull roof is formed of a series of plate like bones including the maxilla frontals parietals and lacrimals among others.
It is overlaying the endocranium corresponding to the cartilaginous skull in sharks and rays.
Called also cranial vault.