| craniosynostoses | Premature closure of one or more sutures of the skull. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| craniosynostosis | <radiology> (sutural fusion) Sagittal (56%) scaphocephaly, coronal and lambdoidal (bilateral coronal: 11%) oxy-, turri- or acrocephaly Apert syndrome Crouzon syndrome Pfeiffer syndrome, unilateral coronal (11%) plagiocephaly, metopic trigonocephaly, ALL sutures Kleeblatschaedel, males (75%) (12 Dec 1998) |
| craniotabes | A disease marked by the presence of areas of thinning and softening in the bones of the skull and widening of the sutures and fontanelles. Usually of syphilitic or rachitic origin. Synonym: circumscribed craniomalacia. Origin: cranio-+ L. Tabes, a wasting (05 Mar 2000) |
| craniotome | Instrument formerly used for perforation and crushing of the foetal skull. (05 Mar 2000) |
| craniotomy | <procedure, surgery> A surgical incision into the skull. (27 Sep 1997) |
| craniotonoscopy | Auscultatory percussion of the cranium. Origin: cranio-+ G. Tonos, tone, + skopeo, to examine (05 Mar 2000) |
| craniotrypesis | Trephining of the skull. Origin: cranio-+ G. Trypesis, a boring (05 Mar 2000) |
| craniotympanic | Relating to the skull and the middle ear. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cranium | The bones of the skull which contain the brain, the brain case (27 Sep 1997) |
| cranium cerebrale | Those bones of the skull enclosing the brain, as distinguished from the bones of the face. Synonym: braincase, cranial vault, cranium cerebrale, cerebral cranium. Origin: neuro-+ G. Kranion, skull (05 Mar 2000) |
| cranium viscerale | That part of the skull derived from the embryonic pharyngeal arches; it comprises the facial bones of the facial skeleton (under bone) and is distinct from that part of the skull which forms the neurocranium or braincase. Synonym: cranium viscerale, visceral cranium, jaw skeleton, splanchnocranium. Origin: viscero-+ cranium Cartilaginous viscerocranium, those elements of the foetal skull derived from the second and succeeding pharyngeal arch cartilages. Membranous viscerocranium, membranous bones, developed in the foetal skull, that overlie maxillary and mandibular components of the first pharyngeal arch cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |