Definition of Occipital bone. Meaning of Occipital bone. Synonyms of Occipital bone

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Definition of Occipital bone

Occipital bone
Occipital Oc*cip"i*tal, a. [Cf. F. occipital.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the occiput, or back part of the head, or to the occipital bone. Occipital bone (Anat.), the bone which forms the posterior segment of the skull and surrounds the great foramen by which the spinal cord leaves the cranium. In the higher vertebrates it is usually composed of four bones, which become consolidated in the adult. Occipital point (Anat.), the point of the occiput in the mesial plane farthest from the ophryon.

Meaning of Occipital bone from wikipedia

- 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...
- The atlanto-occipital joint (Articulatio atlantooccipitalis) is an articulation between the atlas bone and the occipital bone. It consists of a pair of...
- 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....
- 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...
- portion of the temporal. The occipital border, deeply denticulated (finely toothed), articulates with the occipital bone, forming half of the lambdoid...
- 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...
- present; sometimes it is situated in the occipital bone, or in the suture between the temporal and the occipital. The mastoid process is located posterior...