viscerocranium

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English word viscerocranium comes from English cranium, English viscero- (Forming compound words concerning viscera.)

cranium (English)

That part of the skull enclosing the brain, the braincase.. The skull of a vertebrate.

viscero- (English)

Forming compound words concerning viscera.

viscerocranium (English)

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

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