chondrocranium [kon-droh-krey-nee-uh m] ExamplesWord Origin noun, plural chon·dro·cra·ni·ums, chon·dro·cra·ni·a [kon-droh-krey-nee-uh] /ˌkɒn droʊˈkreɪ ni ə/.
- a braincase composed of cartilage rather than bone, as the skull of sharks and of the vertebrate embryo before ossification.
Origin of chondrocranium First recorded in 1870–75; chondro- + cranium Examples from the Web for chondrocranium Historical Examples of chondrocranium
The mandibles, however, are in part derived from the chondrocranium.
Eugene S. Talbot
In the Dipneusti36 the chondrocranium is strengthened in the adult by numerous bones.
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Numerous membrane bones cover the chondrocranium externally.
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In the sturgeon the chondrocranium is ensheathed by numerous membrane bones, but cartilage bones are absent.
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Behind, the primary skull or chondrocranium gives off two occipal or rear skull plates.
Eugene S. Talbot
chondrocranium in Medicine chondrocranium [kŏn′drō-krā′nē-əm] n.
- The cartilaginous parts of the developing skull.