calvaria

Etymology

From Latin calvāria (“skull”). Doublet of calavera.

noun

  1. (anatomy) The dome or roof of the skull, the skullcap.
    CD105 Thy1- progenitor populations derived from regions of the fetal mandible or calvaria that do not undergo endochondral ossification formed only bone without marrow in our assay. December 10, 2008, Charles K. F. Chan et al., “Endochondral ossification is required for haematopoietic stem-cell niche formation”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7228, →DOI

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