Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The outermost layer of the dura mater.
- noun The inner surface of the skull.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In zoology and anatomy, a collective name for the processes which project inward from the cranium of an animal, and serve to support the organs of the head: applied by Huxley to the hard pieces found in the head of an insect, and invisible without dissection.
- noun The lining membrane of the skull; the dura mater.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy The
layer between thedura mater and theskull .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun membrane lining the inside of the skull
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Examples
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For example, the endocranium is the membrane that lines the inside of the skull.
YOU The Smart Patient Michael F. Roizen 2006
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For example, the endocranium is the membrane that lines the inside of the skull.
YOU The Smart Patient Michael F. Roizen 2006
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The elongated overall shape of the braincase has not changed much in the course of more than two million years of human evolution, despite a big increase in endocranium volume.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Tympanic bullae are large, robust, and firmly attached to the underside of the endocranium.
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