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Skull roof
The
skull roof
, or the
roofing bones
of the
skull
, are a set of
bones
covering the
brain
,
eyes
and
nostrils
in
bony fishes
and all
land-living vertebrates
. The bones are derived from
dermal bone
, hence the alternative name
dermatocranium
. More or less incorporated in the skull roof is the
upper jaw
and the
endocranium
.
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