dermatocranium, dermatocranium, portion, cranium, that, composed, dermal, bone, opposed, endocranium, splanchnocranium, which, composed, endochondral, bone, dermatocranium, comprises, skull, roof, facial, skeleton, usually, excluding, dentary, fishes, opercula. The dermatocranium is the portion of the cranium that is composed of dermal bone as opposed to the endocranium and splanchnocranium which are composed of endochondral bone The dermatocranium comprises the skull roof the facial skeleton usually excluding the dentary and in fishes the opercular bones 1 References edit Kent George C Carr Robert K 2001 Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrates 9th ed New York NY McGraw Hill ISBN 0 07 303869 5 nbsp This human musculoskeletal system article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dermatocranium amp oldid 1158827472, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
