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Definition of Basioccipital

Basioccipital
Basioccipital Ba`si*oc*cip"i*tal, a. [Basi- + occipital.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the bone in the base of the cranium, frequently forming a part of the occipital in the adult, but usually distinct in the young. -- n. The basioccipital bone.

Meaning of Basioccipital from wikipedia

- underside of the basioccipital may have a pair of large projections which act as neck muscle attachments: the basitubera (also known as basioccipital tubera or...
- The basilar part of the occipital bone (also basioccipital) extends forward and upward from the foramen magnum, and presents in front an area more or...
- parts. From its front to the back is the basilar part, also called the basioccipital, at the sides of the foramen magnum are the lateral parts, also called...
- either trilobate and formed by the basioccipital and the exoccipitals, or a simple **** formed by the basioccipital; the supraoccipital is excluded from...
- underside and articulate with the pterygoids of the palate. basioccipital The basioccipital is an unpaired bone of the skull, and one of four bones forming...
- mandibular barbels, an elongated Weberian apparatus firmly sutured to the basioccipital and the sensory canal on the posttemporal enclosed with bone. There...
- the fossil skull preserves an ossified element that may represent the basioccipital, and the coding of this character as "present" or "absent" altered their...
- roots in cross-section, an extremely reduced extracondylar area of the basioccipital, prominent dorsal and ventral trochanters on humerus and ischiopubis...
- apparatus contacting the skull with the supraneural bones, and its basioccipital process being concave in cross-section. The first vertebra has a parapophysis...
- characteristics include an extremely slender snout and unique ridges on the basioccipital bone of the braincase. As an ichthyosaur, Acamptonectes had large eye...