Does the skull, in the correct use of the term, include the cranial and the facial bones?
1 Answer
Jul 30, 2017
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.