Question

Does the skull, in the correct use of the term, include the cranial and the facial bones?

Answer 1

Yes.

Explanation:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skull

The skeleton of the head of a vertebrate forming a bony or cartilaginous case that encloses and protects the brain and chief sense organs and supports the jaws.

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/skull

The bony framework of the head, enclosing the brain and supporting the face ; the skeleton of the head.

It is defined as part of the face and the brain.