Intracranial
Within the cranium, the bony dome that houses and protects the brain.</P> An intracranial hemorrhage is bleeding within the cranium due, for example, to a stroke or leakage of blood from an aneurysm in the brain.
The intracranial pressure is the pressure on brain and the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) within the cranium.</P> Julius Caesar and his fellow Romans called the skull the 'cranium' Today as a rule the 'cranium' is taken to be the skull minus the mandible (the jaw bone).