Cranium
see Cranial bone
see cranial.
Intracranial pressure (ICP) is pressure inside the bony calvarium and therefore reflects the pressure of the brain parenchyma and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The Monro-Kellie hypothesis operates under the assumption that the cranium is incompressible and the volume inside the cranium is fixed 1).
1)
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brain movement and associated hydrodynamics studied by magnetic resonance phase
imaging. The Monro-Kellie doctrine revisited. Neuroradiology. 1992;34(5):370-80.
PubMed PMID: 1407513.