The various separate bones that compose the temporal bone of humans are also part of the skull roof series.
Roof of skull.
Cranial part actually caudal in position covering the brain 2.
The skull roof is formed of a series of plate like bones including the maxilla frontals parietals and lacrimals among others.
Called also cranial vault.
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.
In comparative anatomy the term is used on the full dermatocranium.
Facial part rostral part making up the muzzle and the roof of the nasal cavity the neurocranial part of the roof of the skull is aka.
Kal var e ah the domelike superior portion of the cranium comprising the superior portions of the frontal parietal and occipital bones.
The bones are derived from dermal bone and are part of the dermatocranium.
It is overlaying the endocranium corresponding to the cartilaginous skull in sharks and rays.
A single occipital bone forms the base of the skull and the frontal bone forms the forehead.