| Noun | 1. | skull - the bony skeleton of the head of vertebratescraniometric point - a landmark on the skull from which craniometric measurements can be taken bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates head, caput - the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains; "he stuck his head out the window" jaw - the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth axial skeleton - the part of the skeleton that includes the skull and spinal column and sternum and ribs vomer - thin trapezoidal bone of the skull forming the posterior and inferior parts of the nasal septum | |