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Cranium vs Postcranium - What's the difference?

cranium | postcranium |

As nouns the difference between cranium and postcranium

is that cranium is the skull of a vertebrate while postcranium is the skeleton posterior to the cranium, or a portion thereof.

cranium

English

(wikipedia cranium)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The skull of a vertebrate.
  • That part of the skull enclosing the brain, the braincase.

    • Derived terms

    * cranial * cranially * hemicrania * hemicraniectomy * hemicraniotomy

    Anagrams

    * English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    postcranium

    English

    Noun

    (postcrania)
  • (paleontology) The skeleton posterior to the cranium, or a portion thereof

    • Derived terms

    *postcranial *postcranially

    See also

    *(postcrania)