The skull is the ossified, bony structure that encloses and protects the brain, internal extensions of sensory organs, and some facial structures. The skull is usually considered to consist of a cranial section (the cranium) and a facial region. The...

(from Middle English, scolle) The term skull is in fact a rather colloquial term for what is more strictly called the CRANIUM (from Greek, kranion). The cranium is that part of the SKELETON associated with the head, face and lower jaw (the mandible)....

The cranium, a portion of the skull commonly referred to as the braincase, describes the hard, skeletal structure of the head and face. The bones of the cranium possess distinctive features that allow easy identification of their position and...

(from Greek, kranion: the skull) The cranium is the SKULL; cranial is the adjective used in reference to...

The skull is a bony structure found in many animals which serves as the general framework for the head. The skull supports the structures of the face and protects the head against injury. The skull can be subdivided into two parts: the cranium and the...

A Texas museum that teaches creationism is counting on the auction of a prehistoric mastodon skull to stave off extinction. The founder and curator of the Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum, which rejects evolution and claims that man and dinosaurs coexisted, said it will close unless...

The country's main opposition leader underwent a brain scan Wednesday, and his lawyer said he may have suffered a skull fracture and internal bleeding as a result of police beatings.Morgan Tsvangirai was moved to a high care unit at a hospital, said lawyer Tafadza Mugabe.Tsvangirai,...

A retired Navy diver testifying Wednesday in the trial of a reputed Klansman recalled finding a human skull and rib in a Mississippi River backwater while searching for remains of two black teenagers in 1964.James Bladh testified that his crew also found railroad rails, a...

Investigators discovered 15 skulls at a house near New Delhi where a domestic servant has confessed to sexually assaulting and killing children, authorities said Saturday.The suspect only confessed to seven deaths after being arrested Friday, but the latest revelation appeared to confirm fears that more...