chondrocranium in English
noun
1
the primary skull of vertebrates, composed of cartilage, which in humans and most other vertebrates is replaced by bone during development.
The taenia tecti medialis, a bar of cartilage on the dorsomedial surface of the chondrocranium that bisects the parietal portion of the frontoparietal fontanelle, evolved in the common ancestor to neobatrachians.
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1. The chondroCranium is derived mostly from …
2. Cranium (skull) In the axial skeleton of vertebrates, the bony structure that encases the brain.The Cranium comprises three parts: dermatoCranium; chondroCranium; and splanchnoCranium