- The
occipital bone (/ˌɒkˈsɪpɪtəl/) is a
cranial dermal bone and the main
bone of the
occiput (back and
lower part of the skull). It is
trapezoidal in...
- An
occipital bun, also
called an
occipital spur,
occipital ****,
chignon hook or
inion hook, is a
prominent bulge or
projection of the
occipital bone at...
- 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 less...
- The
squamous part of
occipital bone is
situated above and
behind the
foramen magnum, and is
curved from
above downward and from side to side. The external...
- Near the
middle of the
squamous part of
occipital bone is the
external occipital protuberance, the
highest point of
which is
referred to as the inion....
-
fibers from the
lateral two-thirds of the
superior nuchal line of the
occipital bone and from the
mastoid process of the
temporal and ends in the epicranial...
- The atlanto-
occipital joint (Articulatio atlantooccipitalis) is an
articulation between the
atlas bone and the
occipital bone. It
consists of a pair of...
- part of the
temporal bone is pyramid-shaped and is
wedged in at the base of the
skull between the
sphenoid and
occipital bones.
Directed medially, forward...
- the front, in
front of the
basilar part of the
occipital bone. The
sphenoid bone is one of the
seven bones that
articulate to form the orbit. Its shape...
- and
tentorium cerebelli. It is
formed by the
sphenoid bones,
temporal bones, and
occipital bone. It
lodges the cerebellum, and
parts of the brainstem...
