Online Encyclopedia

SKULL

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 196 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

SKULL  , the

See also:
skeleton of the
See also:
head, composed of 22 bones, 8 of which
See also:
form the skeleton of the cranium, 14 that of the
See also:
face . Except the
See also:
lower
See also:
jaw, which is movable, the bones are all firmly
See also:
united by immovable
See also:
joints . In the following
See also:
article it is considered more profitable to treat the skull as a whole than to detail the bones separately, and for this purpose a normal
See also:
European skull will be studied from in front (norma facialis), from above (norma verticalis), from the
See also:
side (norma lateralis), from behind (norma occipitalis) and from below (norma basalis) . Afterwards the interior of it will be considered by means of sections .

End of Article: SKULL
[back]
SKUA 		[next]
SKUNK

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click and select "copy." Paste it into a website, email, or other HTML document.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are encouraged.