Gross Anatomical Studies on the Cranial Bones of Skull in Chital (Axis axis)

Abstract

The present study was conducted on cranial bones of skull of chital. The topography and structure of occipital, sphenoid, ethmoid, interparital and parital were studied. was a small quadrilateral bone wedged in between the parietal anteriolaterally and the supraoccipital posteriorly. The parietal was a paired bone. The frontal was roughly pentagonal in shape and formed the roof of cranial cavity. The temporal was a paired bone and formed the part of the lateral wall of the cranial cavity.