braincase(n = noun.body) brainpan, cranium - the part of the skull that encloses the brain;
is a kind of bone, os
is a part of skull
has parts: asterion, stephanion, ethmoid, ethmoid bone, os temporale, temporal bone, calvaria, skullcap, forehead, frontal bone, os frontale, parietal bone, occipital bone, coronal suture, sutura coronalis, frontal suture, sutura frontalis, lamboid suture, sutura lamboidea, occipitomastoid suture, parietomastoid suture, interparietal suture, sagittal suture, sutura sagittalis, fontanel, fontanelle, soft spot, foramen magnum

   the part of the skull that encloses the brain. [WordNet 1.5]