There are eight bones that make up the largest part of the cranium. These bones are comprised of one ethmoid, one frontal, one occipital, one sphenoid, two parietal, and two temporal bones.
The collective name for the skull bones that encase the brain is the cranium. The cranium consists of several bones, including the frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital, sphenoid, and ethmoid bones. These bones form a protective shell around the brain.
Cranium
cranium
Temporal
Parietal bone
The bones covering the brain are called the cranium as a group. There are eight bones in this group.
There is no "scientific name" per se. The skull can be divided into two parts: the cranium and the mandible (jaw bone). A skull that is missing a mandible is only a cranium; this is the source of a very commonly made error in terminology.
The skull is the cranium or brain case.All the bones of the skull (except the mandible) are firmly interlocked along structures called sutures.The cranium is a helmet composed of eight bones including the frontal, occipital, sphenoid, and ethmoid bones, along with a pair of parietal and temporal bones.
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)
The correct name for the bone that makes up the top part of the skull is the parietal bone. It is one of the eight bones that form the cranium, providing protection for the brain.
The cranium.
The skull is the another name for the cranium