cranium

n., pl., -ni·ums, or -ni·a (-nē-ə).

1. The skull of a vertebrate.
2. The portion of the skull enclosing the brain; the braincase.

[Middle English craneum, from Medieval Latin crānium, from Greek krānion.]

Part of the skull, mainly consisting of flat bones enclosing and protecting the fragile brain, and organs of hearing and equilibrium.

(kray-nee-uhm)

The part of the skull that encloses the brain.

Pl. crania [L.] the skeleton of the head, variously construed as including all of the bones of the head, all except the mandible, or the eight bones forming the vault lodging the brain. See also head, skull, cranial.

• inherited c. bifidum — a defect in the closure of the bones of the cranial vault causes exposure of the brain. Meningocele or encephalocele may be present. Affected animals do not survive. Called also cranioschisis.

IN BRIEF: The part of the skull that encloses the brain.

The cranium protects the brain from any minor bumps that might occur.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - kranie

Nederlands (Dutch)
schedel

Français (French)
n. - crâne, boîte crânienne

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schädel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ανατ.) κρανίο

Italiano (Italian)
cranio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - crânio (m) (Anat.)

Русский (Russian)
череп

Español (Spanish)
n. - cráneo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kranium, skalle

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
头盖, 头盖骨

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 頭蓋, 頭蓋骨

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (척추 동물의) 두골, 두개

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 頭蓋, 頭蓋骨

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الجمجمه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גולגולת‬

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