neurocranium
The Neurocranium provides the casing for the brain and brain meninges, proximal parts of cranial nerves and blood vessels.
There are 8 bones in the Neurocranium, 2 even and 4 odd.
| neurocranium Eight (08) bones |
Front (01) |
The skull has a vault-like roof – the Calvaria – and a floor or base of the skull that is composed of the sphenoid and parts of the occiput and temporal.