Beauchene skull
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Etymology
[edit]The method was developed by Edmé François Chauvot de Beauchêne (1780–1830), French surgeon and anatomist.
Noun
[edit]Beauchene skull (plural Beauchene skulls)
- (anatomy) A specimen of a human skull, used for medical teaching, whose bones are disarticulated along the sutures and mounted at a distance on brass supports.
- Synonym: exploded skull
- 2017, Connie Allen, Valerie Harper, “Exercise 9: Axial Skeleton”, in Laboratory Manual for Anatomy and Physiology, 6th edition, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 120:
- Identify the structures of the nasal septum on an articulated skull (and a Beauchene skull, if available) or use the search text box to locate these structures in Real Anatomy (Skeletal).