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extracranial
adjective
anatomy specialized(alsoextra-cranial)uk /ˌek.strəˈkreɪ.ni.əl/ us /ˌek.strəˈkreɪ.ni.əl/
in a part of the body that is outside the skull(= the curved bone that contains and protects the brain) or head:
The study compared "isolated" severe head injury patients with severe head injury patients that had associated extracranial injuries.
The patients were examined by ultrasound in order to check the extracranial arteries supplying the brain.
Patients with evidence of extra-cranial metastases were excluded from the study.
It is most often associated with extracranial haemorrhage after trauma.
In contrast to the extracranial arteries, intracranial vessels are not prone to atheroma.
Using extracranial veins to determine intracranial events is an indirect assessment.
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