Skull
Cranium
The braincase and the face in one: the occipital condyles carry the atlas, the zygomatic arch gives the masseter its origin, the temporal fossa holds the temporalis, and the tympanic bulla encloses the middle ear.
- System
- Bone
- Region
- Head
- Sides
- Single, on the midline
Measured on the specimen
What the skull is in contact with in the model itself, with the share of the other structure’s surface it covers. A contact is not always a joint: bones that simply lie against one another are in this list too.
- Dens praemolaris IV maxillaris57%
- Dens praemolaris IV maxillaris57%
- Atlas (C1)13%
- Dens praemolaris III maxillaris63%
- Dens praemolaris III maxillaris63%
- Dens praemolaris II maxillaris76%
- Dens praemolaris II maxillaris76%
- Dens caninus mandibularis45%
Measured on the left side.
Terminology
- English
- Skull
- Latin (NAV)
- Cranium
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria