Talk:Calvaria (skull)


 * Redirection from "calvarium" does not negate the need for its mention, if not more careful definition/description. 
 * I have seen "calvarium" carefully used to refer to only the upper dome of the skull, only the egg shaped bone parts that enclose the brain, only the contiguous bones of the head (excluding primarily the jaw, but presumably the other loose bones and teeth), and a room, cave, or tomb used to contain many skulls.
 * The word comes from the cultural and literary idea of a bare or grassy hill or dome containing or holding the spirit or soul. By analogy, a natural or artificial hill used for public execution, or alternatively for tombs, or the dome of a cathedral/mosque containing the living spirit of a community, or the (human) skull containing the spirit of an individual.  (see also golgotha or bowler hat)Wikidity (talk) 01:22, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

calvaria isn't the skullcap
using criteria: "the skullcap calotte calvaria" (google)

F P Lisowski (University of Tasmania) 1998 - A Guide to Dissection of the Human Body, p.405, World Scientific Publishing Company, 15 December 1998

Bernard Wood (2015) - Wiley-Blackwell Student Dictionary of Human Evolution edited by Bernard Wood, p.49, John Wiley & Sons, 23 February 2015

Lawrence M. Witmer PhD, https://people.ohio.edu/witmerl/Downloads/Skull.pdf, Ohio University

W. Crone https://s10.lite.msu.edu/res/msu/botonl/b_online/library/crone/3048/lablist023.html Hudson valley community college

using criteria: "calotte calvaria"

(google books)

(french language) Marc Waelkens, Jeroen Poblome (Professor of Archaeology at KU Leuven) - Sagalassos II: Report on the Third Excavation Campaign of 1992 p.262, Leuven University Press 1993, ISBN	9061865743, ISBN 9789061865742

(google)

PV Tobias - ‎1972 (not available in abstract) p.8 of google search criteria return) ".. the calotte or roof of the calvaria ..." Diametakomisi (talk) 16:56, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi, sorry I am a little confused. Isn't a calotte a felt skull cap used in religious contexts? Here we are talking about an anatomical area. I therefore worry your search terms may lead to selection bias. Would you mind explaining what areas of this article you feel need changing and how? I will try and help out. --Tom (LT) (talk) 00:02, 4 January 2020 (UTC)

Arachnoid calvarial granulation
Large arachnoid granulation. Iam having memory loss and my balance is off. 2603:9000:7B01:964B:1C51:88BD:1A61:541B (talk) 17:51, 3 October 2023 (UTC)