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The human skull is a bony structure, the head in the skeleton, which supports the structures of the face and forms a cavity for the brain. The adult skull is said to consist of two parts of different embryological origin–the neurocranium and the viscerocranium. The neurocranium is a protective cranial vault that surrounds the brain and brainstem. The viscerocranium is formed by the bones supporting the face. Except for the mandible, all of the bones of the skull are joined together by sutures, synarthrodial joints formed by bony ossification, with Sharpey's fibres permitting some flexibility.