cranial vault


vault

 [vawlt] an arched or domelike structure; see also fornix.cranial vault calvaria.

neu·ro·cra·ni·um

(nū'rō-krā'nē-ŭm), [TA] Those bones of the cranium enclosing the brain, as distinguished from the bones of the face. Synonym(s): brain box ☆ , braincase, cranial vault, cranium cerebrale, cerebral cranium [neuro- + G. kranion, skull]

cranial vault

Obstetrics The bones that form the movable part of the fetal skull–bones–2 frontal, 2 parietal, occipital, and mold themselves to the ♀ birth canal, allowing passage of a cephalic-presenting infant