title: Viscerocranium
text: # Viscerocranium
  
  Viscerocranium may refer to one of two related concepts:
  
  * In human anatomy and development, viscerocranium usually refers to elements of the skull that are not part of the braincase (as opposed to the neurocranium), and which can be subdivided into:
     * The membranous viscerocranium, comprising the facial skeleton
     * The cartilaginous viscerocranium, comprising the splanchnocranium
  * In comparative anatomy of vertebrates, viscerocranium usually refers specifically to the splanchnocranium (as opposed to the endocranium and dermatocranium)
  