Definition of Chondrocranium. Meaning of Chondrocranium. Synonyms of Chondrocranium

- The chondrocranium (or cartilaginous neurocranium) is the primitive cartilaginous skeletal structure of the fetal skull that grows to envelop the rapidly...
- rays. More recent studies have identified distinctive traits of the chondrocranium (cartilaginous braincase), dorsal fin spines, and pectoral fin bases...
- anatomy, neurocranium is sometimes used synonymously with endocranium or chondrocranium. The neurocranium is divided into two portions: the membranous part...
- is made of two layers of skull, the dermatocranium and the chondrocranium. The chondrocranium layer cannot be seen because it is located below the dermal...
- low-skulled Orthocranic — medium high-skulled Hypsicranic — high-skulled Chondrocranium, a primitive cartilaginous skeletal structure Endocranium Epicranium...
- confirmed its placement in its own family. Supraorbital crests on the chondrocranium also distinguish Dichichthys from other catshark genera/families. Dichichthys...
- amphistyly, the palatoquadrate has a postorbital articulation with the chondrocranium from which ligaments primarily suspend it anteriorly. The hyoid articulates...
- occipital does not form as a separate element, but remains part of the chondrocranium throughout life. In most higher vertebrates, the foramen magnum is surrounded...
- their endoskeletons were cartilaginous (then only consisting of the chondrocranium/braincase and vertebrae). The connective tissue below the epidermis...
- cartilage, as with modern chondrichthyans. The specimen did not preserve a chondrocranium, the cartilaginous structure which would have housed the brain and sensory...