viscerocranium

Noun

Meaning

viscerocranium (plural viscerocrania)

(anatomy) The part of the skull that developed from the embryonic branchial arches (the facial bones, rather than the cranium)

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Synonyms

splanchnocranium

Related terms

craniovisceral

Close letter words and terms

visceroception visceroceptive viscerocranial viscerocutaneous viscerofugal viscerogenic