Tags: Anatomical Structure.

The human skull is a bony structure the head in the skeleton which supports the structures of the face and forms a cavity for the brain.The adult skull is said to consist of two parts of different embryological origin–the neurocranium and the viscerocranium. The neurocranium (or braincase) is a protective cranial vault that surrounds the brain and brainstem.

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