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Definition of Occipital point

Occipital point
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 point from wikipedia

- 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. The...
- like a shallow dish. The occipital bone overlies the occipital lobes of the cerebrum. At the base of the skull in the occipital bone, there is a large oval...
- the nose, and the inion, is the crest point of back of the skull, often indicated by a bump (the prominent occipital ridge, can usually be located with mild...
- below the parietal eminence, and the length from the glabella to the occipital point. Humans may be: Dolichocephalic — long-headed Mesaticephalic — medium-headed...
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- Occipital crest may refer to: External occipital crest Internal occipital crest This disambiguation page lists articles ****ociated with the title Occipital...
- Occipital sulcus may refer to: Lateral occipital sulcus Parieto-occipital sulcus Transverse occipital sulcus This disambiguation page lists articles ****ociated...
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- The posterior fontanelle (lambdoid fontanelle, occipital fontanelle) is a gap between bones in the human skull (known as fontanelle), triangular in form...
- 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...