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cranium

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003128


Upper portion of the skull that excludes the mandible (when present in the organism). [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranium_(anatomy) http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]

Synonyms: skull minus mandible, set of bones of cranium, bones of cranium, ossa cranii, upper part of skull

Term info

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

RO 0002171

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003278

UBPROP 0000007

cranial

UBPROP 0000012

the inclusion of the FMA class here is probably not quite correct, as this class includes as parts sutures, whereas this is not part of the bones of the cranium

UBPROP 0000013

The term cranium can be ambiguous, in that it can refer to the neurocranium, or the neurocranium and the Facial skeleton

has related synonym

skeletal system of head, calvarium, epicranial plate

id

UBERON:0003128

prefLabel

cranium, Set of bones of cranium