Two unusually large and thick interlocking scales cover the back of the head where the bony skull is thin.

I observed in perverse fascination as the bony skull seemed to sink to the bottom of the loose skin.

You try living in a bony old skull for a few hundred years, Harry!

Bernie's sandy hair was plastered neatly over his bony skull.

The bony skull was apparent but no definition could be determined within.

Sometimes the head looks like a bony skull, and at times might be mistaken for the head of a mouse.

His hair was black and tight against his bony skull.

His eyes were set under projecting caverns of his bony skull.

He had closecropped black hair and a bony skull.

Most commonly, however, only the bony skull and minimal or no other soft tissues are present on the remains presented to forensic artists.