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Intracranial space

Cranial cavity
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Body cavities
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Cranial cavity
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Identifiers
Latin cavitas cranii
Dorlands
/Elsevier
c_16/12220441
TA A01.1.00.048
A02.1.00.012
FMA 9644
Anatomical terminology
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The cranial cavity, or intracranial space, is the space formed inside the skull. It is part of the dorsal body cavity. The brain occupies the cranial cavity, which is lined by the meninges and which contains cerebrospinal fluid to cushion blows.

Eight fused cranial bones together form the cranial cavity: the frontal, occipital, sphenoid and ethmoid bones, and two each of the parietal and temporal bones.

The capacity of an adult human cranial cavity is 1,200-1,700 cm3.



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