chondrocranium
/kon-droh-krey-nee-uhm/US // ˌkɒn droʊˈkreɪ ni əm //
软骨症,软骨组织,软骨,软骨症候群
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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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.
Examples
Behind, the primary skull or chondrocranium gives off two occipal or rear skull plates.
These two conditions result from the inability of the dermal bones to fill at the proper period the gaps in the chondrocranium.
The chondrocranium, jaws, arches, and muscles of a partly grown larva.
In the Dipneusti36 the chondrocranium is strengthened in the adult by numerous bones.
Numerous membrane bones cover the chondrocranium externally.
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