#exploded cranium

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Cranium with the bones of the calvarium and face and mounted separately by Bauchene's method. This method of disarticulating, or “exploding,” the cranial bones was developed by French anatomist and surgeon, Edmé François Chauvot de Beauchêne (c.1780-1830). The method bearing Beauchêne’s name was developed as a means of studying and displaying the architecture of the human head.