The head is the most important and specialized part of the body because it contains
the brain and important sensory organs for hearing, seeing, eating, and smelling [
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]. It is divided into the neurocranium (cranium) and viscerocranium (face) [
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by sutures [
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] to form a hollow box [
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]. The sutures are open in a newborn, but they become ossified after growth [
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]. The margins of each bone of the cranium can be identified in adult animals [
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