Skull (without mandible)

Cranium

System
Bone
Region
Head
Sides
Single, on the midline
Skull (without mandible) (Cranium) of the pig: a three-quarter view of the bone.

Measured on the specimen

What the skull (without mandible) 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.

  • Mandibula5%
  • Atlas5%
  • Dens praemolaris II maxillaris10%
  • Dens praemolaris II maxillaris10%
  • Dens incisivus I maxillaris12%
  • Dens incisivus I maxillaris12%
  • Dens praemolaris III maxillaris7%
  • Dens praemolaris III maxillaris6%

Measured on the left side.

Terminology

English
Skull (without mandible)
Latin (NAV)
Cranium
Status
A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
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