Calvarium

Calvarium

Un calvarium, en anatomie et plus particulièrement en ostéologie, désigne un crâne sans mandibule ou sans mandibule et sans face. Il s'agit des os de la voûte crânienne, à savoir : l'os frontal, les deux os pariétaux, les deux os temporaux, le sphénoïde et l'os occipital. (latin calvaria, crâne, de calva, de calvus, chauve).

Ce terme est également usité en anthropobiologie et en paléoanthropologie.

pl. calvaria.


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  • calvarium — n. top of the skull, dome of the skull (Anatomy) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • calvarium — cal·var·i·um …   English syllables

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