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The skull, or cranium (as it is medically termed. It is made up of fused bones; the frontal bone, the temporal bones, the parietal bones and the occipital bone; and other minor bones are also involved in protecting the brain, such as the sphenoid bone and ethmoid bone.
The skull protects your brain.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 10y agoThe cranium. Otherwise known as the skull.
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∙ 12y agothe skull :)
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∙ 8y agoThe skull is the obvious protective covering, but inside the skull, the brain (and spinal cord) is protected further by membranes called meninges.
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∙ 13y agoThe bone protecting the brain is called a "Skull".
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∙ 12y agoFrontal,parietal,occipital,sphenoid and ethmoid bones.
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∙ 12y agoit is the skull
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∙ 14y agoThe skull.
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What is the bony chamber that protects and supports the brain?
cranial cavity
What is the bony structure that surrounds the brain?
The bony structure that surrounds the brain is known as the skull, or "cranium".
What is the thin bony columns in spongy bones?
The thin bony columns are called trabeculae - flat plates with a lattice-like network of thin, bony columns lined with endosteum.
What does the axial skeleton contain?
The axial skeleton, making up 80 of your 206 bones, encompasses all your upper body bones. It itself is subdivided into three groups: the skull, the vertebral-sound column, and the bony thorax-sound. It's main purposes are to protect your vital organs, such as the brain, heart, and lungs, and to provide an efficient structure to preform a variety of work.
What organs do the bones of the thorax protect?
The bony thorax protects the heart and liver. Wrong... the bone thorax protects the heart and LUNGS as it also allows the respiratory muscle to create a vacuum that will draw air into the lungs. while the Ribs withing in the bone thorax will protect not only the thoracic organs, but as well the spleen, most of the liver and to some extent the kidneys.
What is the bony chamber that protects and supports the brain?
cranial cavity
What is A bony or cartilaginous structure that surrounds and protects the brain of chordates?
The Cranium
What is the bony structure that surrounds the brain?
The bony structure that surrounds the brain is known as the skull, or "cranium".
What is pituitary of brain?
The pituitary of the brain sits in a tiny bony space called the sella turcica.
What is the gill covering of bony fish?
The flap of tissue that covers a bony fish gill is the bony operculum.
What bony cages protects th lungs?
The Sternum and the Rib Cage protects the lungs.
What is the bony structure that protects the heart and lungs?
Ribs!
What do you call the bony plates covering the fish?
scales
Membranes between the CNS and its bony covering are what?
Arachnoid mater
Which type of fish has a scaly body covering?
Most bony fishes have scaly covering on body as Labeo .
Why is the brain covered by a bony box?
For protection and to stop your brain flopping about and annoying people.
How does a skull represent the nuclear membrane?
A skull does not represent the nuclear membrane. The nuclear membrane is a double-layered membrane that surrounds the nucleus of a cell and separates it from the rest of the cell. On the other hand, a skull is the bony structure that encloses and protects the brain in vertebrates. They are unrelated structures with different functions in different systems of the body.
