The human skull consists of the cranium and the facial bones. The skull is composed of two parts&colon; the cranium and the mandible. The primate skull has a large, domed cranium, which is particularly prominent in anthropoids. The brain is encased in the skull, and protected by the cranium. Fused bones include those of the pelvis and the cranium. Cervical vertebrae make up the junction between the vertebral column and the cranium. Skull 2 includes a fairly complete cranium (D2282) and a well preserved mandible (D211). They possessed synapomorphies with the barbourofelids in the cranium, mandible, dentition, and postcranium. In adults, it occurs mainly in the pelvis, cranium, vertebrae, and sternum. The brain is protected in a cartilaginous cranium. There are eight bones in the cranium and fourteen in the facial skeleton. The jaws consist of separate hoops of cartilage, almost always distinct from the cranium proper. The middle meningeal artery runs in a groove on the inside of the cranium. Their nostrils, or blowholes, are situated at the top of the cranium. They are housed in cartilaginous capsules on either side of the cranium.