Maba 1] is well-known for the Neanderthal-like face, while its neurocranium shows affinities with many hominin taxa, which ...

As mammals, we humans pack some sizable cheeks on either side of our faces. There’s some skin and fat, but also important muscles and ligaments that connect the lower jaw – known as the mandible – to ...

This column of bones and cartilage extends from the base ... of our skull. These bones connect to create a canal that protects the spinal cord. The vertebrae are divided into four regions. From top to ...

Basilar skull fracture. This is the most serious type of skull fracture, and involves a break in the bone at the base of the skull. Patients with this type of fracture frequently have bruises around ...

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You can feel the bones of the cranium on top of the skull. The 5 bones that form the bottom (base) of the cranium also form the eye socket, roof of the nasal cavity, some of the sinuses, and the bones ...