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Definition: The SKELETON of the HEAD including the FACIAL BONES and the bones enclosing the BRAIN.  bony part of head only; differentiate from HEAD & FACE; "cranial" is SKULL; /abnorm: consider also CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; /anat: consider also CEPHALOMETRY; /inj "cranio-cerebral inj" is CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA (or its specifics) only & not also here   consider also terms at CRANI- 
See Also Cephalometry; Craniotomy; Intracranial Pressure; Trephining
Examples Cranial Fontanelles; Cranial Sutures; Ethmoid Bone; Facial Bones; Frontal Bone; Occipital Bone; Parietal Bone; Pterygopalatine Fossa; Skull Base; Sphenoid Bone; Temporal Bone 		Other names Cranium; Calvaria; Skulls; Calvarium
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Volcke Soekarman syndrome  0   *Dandy-Walker Syndrome *Growth Disorders *Intellectual Disability *Spastic Paraplegia, Hereditary Brain/abnormalities Skull/abnormalities.
Kozlowski Warren Fisher syndrome  0   *Bone Diseases, Developmental *Thanatophoric Dysplasia Skull/abnormalities.
Scott Bryant Graham syndrome  0   *Abnormalities, Multiple Skull/abnormalities *Intellectual Disability *Syndactyly.
Craniometaphyseal dysplasia, autosomal recessive type  0   *Craniofacial Dysostosis *Craniosynostoses Brain/abnormalities Skull/abnormalities.
Craniometaphyseal dysplasia dominant type  0   *Bone Diseases, Developmental *Facial Paralysis *Osteoporosis Skull/abnormalities.
Van Buchem disease type 2  0   *Osteosclerosis *Craniofacial Abnormalities Mandible/abnormalities Skull/abnormalities.
Thanatophoric dysplasia, type 2  0   *Thanatophoric Dysplasia Skull/abnormalities.
Cloverleaf skull micromelia thoracic dysplasia  0   *Bone Diseases *Osteochondrodysplasias Skull/abnormalities.
Bird headed dwarfism Montreal type  0   *Dwarfism *Hair Diseases *Micrognathism *Nose Deformities, Acquired *Progeria Skull/abnormalities.

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