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Epicranium vs Cranium - What's the difference?

epicranium | cranium |

As nouns the difference between epicranium and cranium

is that epicranium is (anatomy) the upper and superficial part of the head, including the scalp, muscles, etc while cranium is the skull of a vertebrate.

epicranium

English

Noun

(epicrania)
  • (anatomy) The upper and superficial part of the head, including the scalp, muscles, etc.
  • (zoology) The dorsal wall of the head of insects.
    • (Webster 1913)

    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

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