Medical Definition of Viscerocranium

1. That part of the skull derived from the embryonic pharyngeal arches; it comprises the facial bones of the facial skeleton (under bone) and is distinct from that part of the skull which forms the neurocranium or braincase. Synonym: cranium viscerale, visceral cranium, jaw skeleton, splanchnocranium. Origin: viscero-+ cranium Cartilaginous viscerocranium, those elements of the foetal skull derived from the second and succeeding pharyngeal arch cartilages. Membranous viscerocranium, membranous bones, developed in the foetal skull, that overlie maxillary and mandibular components of the first pharyngeal arch cartilage. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Viscerocranium

visceral pelvic fascia
visceral pericardium
visceral pericardium
visceral peritoneum
visceral plate
visceral pleura
visceral pleura
visceral pleurisy
visceral sense
visceral skeleton
visceral surface of liver
visceral surface of the spleen
visceral traction reflex
viscerimotor
viscero-
viscerocranium (current term)
viscerogenic
viscerogenic reflex
viscerograph
visceroinhibitory
visceromegaly
visceromotor
visceromotor reflex
visceropannicular reflex
visceroparietal
visceroperitoneal
visceropleural
visceroptosis
viscerosensory
viscerosensory reflex

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