viscerocranium

viscerocranium
That part of the skull derived from the embryonic pharyngeal arches; it comprises the facial bones of the facial skeleton (under bone) and is distinct from that part of the skull which forms the neurocranium or braincase. SYN: facial skeleton, cranium viscerale, visceral cranium, jaw skeleton, splanchnocranium. [viscero- + cranium]
- cartilaginous v. those elements of the fetal skull derived from the pharyngeal arch cartilages.
- membranous v. components of v. that do not arise from a cartilagenous precursor; most of the mandible is a membrane bone, developing around and not from the first pharyngeal arch cartilage.

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vis·cero·cra·ni·um .vis-ə-rō-'krā-nē-əm n SPLANCHNOCRANIUM

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vis·cero·cra·ni·um (vis″ər-o-kraґne-əm) [viscero- + cranium] [TA] the parts of the cranium that are derived from the branchial (or pharyngeal) arches and comprise the bones of the face; cf. neurocranium. Called also splanchnocranium and visceral cranium.

Viscerocranium, comprising the membranous viscerocranium (gray) and cartilaginous viscerocranium (red).


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