Medical Terminology / Unit 6 MedTerm 0331 short lesson, about 20 seconds
crani/o: Skull
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The idea
The combining form crani slash o names the skull.
In practice
Craniotomy is a surgical incision into the skull.
Where people slip
Crani slash o names the bone. The cavity it encloses has its own term.
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