Skull Flashcards
Encephalization, including concentration of sense organs at the anterior end of the body
Vertebrate
Skeletal protection of the brain, usually involving bone
Vertebrate
Formation of the skill from dermal, cartilaginous, and branchial elements
Vertebrate
Expansion of a lateral fenestra
Mammalian
Expansion of the braincase
Mammalian
Transfer of muscle origins to side of braincase
Mammalian
Secondary palate
Mammalian
Mandible reduced to a single paired bone, the dentary
Mammalian
Three ossicles in the middle ear
Mammalian
Orbital convergence
Primate
Postorbital bar
Primate
Shortening of the face
Primate
Flexion of the face relative to the basicranium
Primate
Postorbital closure
Anthropoid
Fusion of the mandibular symphysis
Anthropoid
Chewing involving significant lateral motions of the mandible
Hominid
Expansion of the brain and braincase
Hominin
Anterior protrusion of the chin
Modern Human
Dvpmt of the mastoid process
Modern human
Flexion of the basicranuim and retraction of the face
Modern human
Forehead replacing supraorbital tori
Modern human