brainpan

brain·pan

B0448900 (brān′păn′)n. See braincase.

brainpan

(ˈbreɪnˌpæn) n (Anatomy) informal the skull

brain•pan

(ˈbreɪnˌpæn)

n. the skull or cranium. [before 1000; Middle English; Old English]

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brainpan - the part of the skull that encloses the brainbraincase, craniumasterion - the craniometric point at the junction of the lamboid suture and the occipitomastoid suture and the parietomastoid suturestephanion - the craniometric point on the coronal suture above the acoustic meatusbone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebratesethmoid, ethmoid bone - one of the eight bones of the cranium; a small bone filled with air spaces that forms part of the eye sockets and the nasal cavityos temporale, temporal bone - a thick bone forming the side of the human cranium and encasing the inner earskull - the bony skeleton of the head of vertebratescalvaria, skullcap - the dome of the skullfrontal bone, os frontale, forehead - the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbitsparietal bone - either of two skull bones between the frontal and occipital bones and forming the top and sides of the craniumoccipital bone - a saucer-shaped membrane bone that forms the back of the skullcoronal suture, sutura coronalis - the suture between the parietal and frontal bones of the skullfrontal suture, sutura frontalis - the suture between two halves of the frontal bone (usually obliterated by the age of 6)lamboid suture, sutura lamboidea - the suture between the occipital and parietal bonesoccipitomastoid suture - the suture between the occipital and the temporal bones; a continuation of the lamboid sutureparietomastoid suture - the suture between the parietal and the temporal bonesinterparietal suture, sagittal suture, sutura sagittalis - the suture uniting the two parietal bonesfontanel, fontanelle, soft spot - any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetusforamen magnum - the large opening at the base of the cranium through which the spinal cord passes