A description of the eight cranial bones and their features in the skull
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Alicia has a PhD in Experimental Pathology from the Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences at New York Medical College. She previously taught graduate level anatomy, physiology, and infectious disease, but has been a full-time scientific editor and writer since 2008.
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