Skull

The skull or cranium is the hard, bone case that contains and protects your brain. The skull looks as though it is a single bone. In fact, it is made up of 22 separate bones, cemented together along rigid joints called sutures. The dome on top is called the cranial vault and it is made from eight curved pieces of bone fused (joined) together. As well as the sinuses of the nose; the skull has four large cavities — the cranial cavity for the brain, the nasal cavity (the nose) and two orbits for the

Discussion: Chordomas of the skull base represent significant challenges due to their midline position and their ability to engulf critical neurovascular structures located around them. In addition to these location issues, their biology represents significant challenges, as notocordal rests located throughout the clivus, often remote from the visible lesion, have the propensity to grow and recur. Both of these features are critical for the skull base surgeon, the former in determining the surgical

Intra-Operative Image Guidance in Sinus and Skull Base Surgery Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS) using rigid endoscopes has developed into becoming the mainstay treatment for opening obstructed outflow tracts of the paranasal sinuses. However, limitations surrounding FESS have resulted in intra-operative Image-Guidance Systems (IGS) to improve outcomes in complex skull base procedures. A principal limitation of the endoscopic endonasal approach is the availability of only a two-dimensional

Henry Bloxenheim Professor Hillegas ARTD 1010 December, 4, 2017. The Hollow Skull: Vanitas and its Message The Netherlands in the Seventeenth Century was the home of many famous artists, most notably Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, but also many lesser known artists such as Pieter Claesz.. Pieter Claesz was born in 1597 in Berchem (near Antwerp) Claesz moved to Haarlem in 1620 and lived there till his death in 1660. He is most associated with the Flemish and Dutch still life tradition and still

From Pompeian mosaic and Pre-Columbian sculptures or reliefs, human skull carried a symbolical meaning of death and was a source of its philosophical contemplation and comprehension. Within long European tradition of Vanitas in art, it served as a reminder of impermanence of life. Combined with luxurious items and flowers, skull reiterated the inevitable transience of existence in Flemish still lifes, reversed sides of portrait panels and ornate mirrors. It appeared in decorations of kings’ tombs

2.2.1.The Skull It has been shown that the skull has the second greatest degree of sexual dimorphism with reported accuracies for sex determination as high as 77% (Stewart, 1979), 80-90% (Hanihara, 1959; Krogman, 1962; Cox and Mays, 2000) and even >95% (Baughan and Demirjian, 1978; Briggs, 1998; Franklin, Freedman and Milne, 2005; Kimmerle, Ross and Slice, 2008). However, it is thought that novice forensic anthropologists might report lower accuracies than these since, for example Stewart (1979)

majority of his work. His 1628 painting Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill is a prime example of the Still Life style called Vanitas, so named as the artist would attempt to display the vanity of materialism. As the name suggests the skull instantly draws the eye, the hollow face of the skull is in the center of the oil on wood painting. The skull extends to the right where one sees an empty glass on its side resting at an angle to the skull. The glass is reflecting light along its curve but

The Skull and Bones conspiracy is a popular conspiracy. Skull and Bones is an undergraduate senior secret society at Yale. It was founded in 1932. Members of Skull and Bones are known as Bonesmen. There is not just one conspiracy surrounding the Skull and Bones society. There are many conspiracies such as Skull and Bones is a branch of the Illuminati, Skull and Bones controls the Central Intelligence Agency, Skull and Bones was made to smuggle drugs, Skull and Bones are grave robbers, and that Skull

What exactly is Yale’s skull and bones society? This question has been asked by many people and no clear conclusion has been reached. People have known about this society for many years, but no one really seems to know what the society actually is and their goals. All we know for sure is that the society exists and it is very secretive. There are only a few select people in this society that are sworn to secrecy. Along with the secrecy, there are many conspiracy theories that are associated to the

among the elites in the 1700’s by providing exclusivity from the poor (Knight 335). Likewise in traditional African societies, secrets distinguish social classes and reveal mysteries reserved for the elders (Beidelman 9). In the Porcellian Club or Skull and Bones Society, one tap from a member can lead to future financial and occupational success. These prestigious university clubs categorize each student's prospects of success, so their club will be filled with the most prosperous members. This creates