Question

Write one word for the following:

Bony case that protects the brain.

Answer 1

Cranium:

1. The brain is located within a bony cavity called the cranium or brain box.
2. Cranium is a box-shaped structure made of 8 flat bones( one frontal, two temporal, two parietal, one occipital, one sphenoid bone, and one ethmoid bone).

Hence, the bony case that protected the brain is known as the cranium.