neurocranium in dogs

Subdivision of skeletal system that surrounds and protects the brain. Includes the skull base, sensory capsules and the central part of the skull roof. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the neurocranium is

Subdivision of skeletal system that surrounds and protects the brain. Includes the skull base, sensory capsules and the central part of the skull roof. The atlas records it as a system at the system scale in the dog.

Where the neurocranium is

It sits in the head, within the skeletal system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What the neurocranium connects to

The atlas records 24 typed relationships for it, across 4 kinds of connection. part of anatomical system, cranium and skeletal system, and 1 more.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the neurocranium. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as brain box, brain case, brain pan and braincase. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001703, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

Questions

Where is the neurocranium?

It sits in the head, within the skeletal system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What does the neurocranium connect to?

Part of: anatomical system, cranium, skeletal system and skull.

Is the neurocranium the same in other species?

This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.