Skull

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title: Skull
text: The skull is a bone protective cavity for the brain. The skull is composed of three types of bone: cranial bones, facial bones, and ear ossicles. Two parts are more prominent: the cranium and the mandible. In humans, these two parts are the neurocranium (braincase) and the viscerocranium that includes the mandible as its largest bone. The skull forms the anterior-most portion of the skeleton and is a product of cephalisation—housing the brain, and several sensory structures such as the eyes, ear
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description: Bony structure that forms the head in vertebrates
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull
date created: 2003-01-14T02:35:07Z
date modified: 2024-09-04T09:11:55Z
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