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cranial vault (medicine)


cranial vault -->
neurocranium


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