Beauchene skull

English

Etymology

The method was developed by Edmé François Chauvot de Beauchêne (1780–1830), French surgeon and anatomist.

Noun

Beauchene skull (plural Beauchene skulls)

  1. (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).
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