cranial

  • 81cranial — cra·ni·al || kreɪnɪəl adj. pertaining to the cranium (skull) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 82cranial — [ kreɪnɪəl] adjective Anatomy relating to the skull or cranium …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 83cranial — cra·ni·al …

    English syllables

  • 84cranial — UK [ˈkreɪnɪəl] / US adjective medical relating to your skull …

    English dictionary

  • 85cranial — cra•ni•al [[t]ˈkreɪ ni əl[/t]] adj. anat. of or pertaining to the cranium or skull • Etymology: 1790–1800 cra′ni•al•ly, adv …

    From formal English to slang

  • 86cranial — /ˈkreɪniəl/ (say krayneeuhl) adjective of or relating to the cranium or skull. –cranially, adverb …

  • 87cranial index — noun Date: 1868 the ratio multiplied by 100 of the maximum breadth of the bare skull to its maximum length from front to back …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 88cranial nerve — noun Date: 1840 any of the nerves that arise in pairs from the lower surface of the brain one on each side and pass through openings in the skull to the periphery of the body and that comprise 12 pairs in reptiles, birds, and mammals and usually… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 89cranial endothermy — maintenance of elevated temperatures of the eyes and brain in fishes that move from warm to cold water on migrations. This condition is thought to stabilise vision, e.g. in lamnid sharks, billfishes, mackerel and tunas …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 90cranial nerves — *** The following format is used: Nerve Motor (M) or Sensory (S) Origin Function 0 Terminal (Preoptic) S Telencephalon; ventral border of olfactory bulb Smell? and sensory endings of snout I Olfactory S Telencephalon; anterior end of olfactory… …

    Dictionary of ichthyology