latin name

[bluehornet]

what is the latin name for skull?

[Narolines]

Cranium?

[Hellion]

skull
galericulum -i n. [skull-cap; wig].
galeritus -a -um [wearing a hood or skull-cap].

galerum -i n. and galerus -i , m. [skull-cap; wig].

pilleolus (pile-) -i m. [a little cap , skullcap].

[Peter Pedant]

hmmm perhaps galea is scalp

see above for all the possible diminuitives

[cherryelm]

As a midwife we always called the babies skull the caput.

[popy]

cranium, calvaria