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  #1

what makes up the bones in the calvaria? so far i have:
occipital, frontal, temporal and parietal.

What about the maxilla? is it considered part of calvaria?

  #2

shaking head

The calva ( skullcap ) is made of the: frontal, parietal (two) and the occipital bons only.


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  #3

i think you forgot to mention the temporal bone as well, no? So I assuem the maxilla is not part of the calva.

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  #5

I dont see any tempral bones! nor maxillary grin

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  #6

Thanks. You're right! smiling face

  #7

8 bones total
2 parietal
2 temporal
1 occipital
1 frontal
2 _________ who knows?

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  #8

is the calvaria the whole skull or just the skullCAP ?

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  #9

calvaria or theca cranii in latin

this is what i can recall, no reference so im not 100% certain.

pars sqamousa occipital
2 x parietal
pars whatever frontal
2 x pars sqamousa temporal
alar major of ethmoidalis, its a bone with 2 big wings, so call it 1x or 2x, whatever.

Pterion, is a meeting line between alar major, temperal, parietal and (zygomaticus?).

beware of the many spelling mistakes



Edited by Jackofknives on 08/10/07 - 09:37 PM

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  #10

calvaria (skull)

The calvaria (or calva, or skullcap) is the roof of the skull. It is formed by the following bones:
  • frontal bone
  • parietal bones (two)
  • occipital bone

In a fetus, the formation of the Calvaria involves a process known as intramembranous ossification, although the base of the skull (underlying the brain) develops through endochondral ossification.


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  #11

well pretty much everything except crainal base is intramembraneous ossified, even the face. I think when he addressed calvaria he meant the "smooth" part of the skull covering the brain and besides he s asking for a lot of bones so im giving him all i v got.

its just playing with words, no more to it.

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  #12

Neurocranium :

1, Calvaria ( skullcap ) - dome-like roof

2, Basicranium ( cranial base) - floor



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