cranial

(krā'nē-əl)
adj.
Of or relating to the skull or cranium.

[From CRANIUM.]

cranially cra'ni·al·ly adv.

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(krā'nē-əl)
adj.

Of or relating to the skull or cranium.

Pertaining to the cranium or to the head end of the body. See also anterior, cranium.

• c. intestinal portal — the entrance into the embryonic foregut from the expanded midgut.
• c. nerve reflexes — see specific nerves.
• c. nerves — nerves which are attached to the brain and pass through the openings of the skull. There are 12 pairs of cranial nerves, symmetrically arranged so that they are distributed mainly to the structures of the head and neck. See also specific nerves.
• c. tibial reflex — percussing just below the lateral tibial condyle (cranial tibial muscle) normally causes a slight flexion of the tibiotarsal joint. A test of the integrity of spinal cord segments L6 to S2, sciatic and peroneal nerves. Exaggerated in spinal cord lesions above L6.
• c. tumor — see brain tumors.
• c. vena cava

See words rhyming with "cranial."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - kranie-

Nederlands (Dutch)
schedel-

Français (French)
adj. - crânien

Deutsch (German)
adj. - Schädel-

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (ανατ.) κρανιακός

Italiano (Italian)
cranico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - craniano

Русский (Russian)
черепной

Español (Spanish)
adj. - craneal, del cráneo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - kranie-, skall-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
头盖的, 头盖形的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 頭蓋的, 頭蓋形的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 두개[골]의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 頭蓋の, 頭の, 頭蓋骨の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) جمجمي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮גולגולתי, של הגולגולת‬

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