Upper part of the neurocranium that covers the cranial cavity containing the brain.
1 The facial bones and mandible had been missing, and the calvarium gnawed and weathered.
2 Materials and methods: Two titanium cylinders were fixed on the calvarium of eight New Zealand rabbits.
3 Marrow lesions could be identified as patchy areas of calcification (calcific myelitis) in long bones and the calvarium .
4 Examine brain by making incision from ear to ear across vertex, reflect scalp forwards and backwards, and saw off calvarium .
5 And beside that, the hooked hammer with which you pull the calvarium from the lower portion of a severed skull.
6 And now, as I say, I'd take a small oscillating saw and carefully remove your complete calvarium - the whole vault of the skull.
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