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the baby's cranium is huge relative to its face, and several bones are still unfused
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Average face size of an adult female?
from 16-25 cm
What is the widest bone in the body?
The temporal bones are the outer most bones of the cranium but the zygomatic bone or cheek bone protrudes a little further out than this.
Is your brain protected by your skull?
The bones of the skull are separated into two parts: the bones of the face, the bones of the cranium. This would include the frontal, temporal, parietal, sagittal, sphenoid, and ethmoid bones. There may be a couple more, but these are the ones I know off the top of my head.
What are the two bones of the skull?
The skull or cranium is also called the brain case. All the bones of the skull (except the mandible) are firmly interlocked along structures called sutures. Cranium or brain case or helmet is composed of eight bones including the frontal, occipital, sphenoid, and ethmoid bones, along with a pair of parietal and temporal bones. The skull, in an adult, is only one bone made of 8 fused bones. The lower jaw or mandible, is not part of the skull but is part of the face.
How does an infant's skull differ from an adult skull?
1-adult skull is fused while children's and fetus 's skull is unfused.2-The fetus and children's skull is flexable the "fontanels are soft to help mom inbirth while adult skull is rigid and hard not flexable but it is breakable.3-The fetus and children's skull is smaller thinner and composed of deformable bones while adult's skull is bigger thicker and not deformable usually after age 18-25.
How does the fetal face compare to its cranium?
In a fetus, the facial area is relatively large compared to the cranium. This is because the brain grows at a slower rate compared to the facial features in the early stages of development. As the fetus grows, the cranium eventually catches up in size to accommodate the growing brain.
Average face size of an adult female?
from 16-25 cm
How many boes make up the cranium and the face?
216
Which body part is referred to by the term 'cranium'?
"Cranium" refers to the part of the skull that covers the brain, excluding the bones of the face and jaw.
What type of shape is the facial bones?
Together they combine into a face-like shape.
What is the skull also known as?
To refer to the all of the bones in the head there is no other name for the human skull, but the skull is made up of the cranium (which protects the brain) and the facial bones (which holds the eyes in place and when attached to muscles allow movement in the face)
One bone in cranium that moves?
In the viscerocranium (the face part of the skull) the mandible (jaw bone) can be moved up and down ad side to side.
How many bones are found in the cranium and the face.?
The term cranium means the brain case or helmet and is composed of eight bones including the frontal, occipital, sphenoid, and ethmoid bones, along with a pair of parietal and temporal bones.All of the bones the skull are listed above except the mandible.
Does stig have a face?
Yes. He has a full-size tattoo of his face on his face.
What disadvantage does speaking on the telephone have compared with speaking face to face?
we didn't get chance to see facial expression
What is the scientific name for HEAD?
The scientific name for the head is "cephalum" or "caput" in Latin.
Is a volleyball as big as a man's face?
about the size of a mans face
