viscerocranium

English

Etymology

viscero- +‎ cranium

Noun

viscerocranium (plural viscerocrania)

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

Synonyms

splanchnocranium

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