skull

A vehement nonsmoker, he kept in his office a cigarette box adorned with a skull and crossbones, to demonstrate their danger.

Pathologist Dr Marjorie Turner told the jury the victim sustained "extreme fractures to the skull" after being struck with a weapon.

Mark’s hands try to pry open the back of his head, his eyes peering out from his skull.

Previously, an operation to remove such a tumour in the same part of the head would require complex brain surgery, involving taking a large part of the skull away and risking complications.

Fischer hypothesised that white Europeans had asymmetrical skulls to accommodate larger right frontal lobes, supposedly a marker of higher intelligence.