| calvaria | <anatomy> The skull cap, roof of the skull (27 Sep 1997) |
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| calvarial | Relating to the skullcap. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calvarial hook | An instrument used in prying off the top of the skull after it has been sawed around, at autopsies and dissections. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calvarium | <anatomy> One of the bones that makes up the vault of the skull (in humans these are the frontal, 2 parietals, occipital and 2 temporals). <cell culture> Calvaria are often used in organ culture to investigate bone catabolism or synthesis. (18 Nov 1997) |