Occipital
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The word occipital, in zoology, pertains to the occiput
(rear of the skull).
Occipital is a descriptor for several areas of animal & human anatomy.
Occiput
The occiput is the anatomical term for the posterior portion of the head, in insects the posterior part of those head capsule.-Clinical significance:Trauma to the occiput can cause a basilar skull fracture....
(rear of the skull).
Occipital is a descriptor for several areas of animal & human anatomy.
- External occipital protuberanceExternal occipital protuberanceNear the middle of the occipital squama is the external occipital protuberance, and extending lateralward from it on either side is the superior nuchal line, and above this the faintly marked highest nuchal line.It is less pronounced in females....
- Internal occipital crestInternal occipital crestIn the occipital bone, the lower division of the cruciate eminence is prominent, and is named the internal occipital crest; it bifurcates near the foramen magnum and gives attachment to the falx cerebelli; in the attached margin of this falx is the occipital sinus, which is sometimes duplicated.In...
- Greater occipital nerveGreater occipital nerveThe greater occipital nerve is a spinal nerve, specifically the medial branch of the dorsal primary ramus of cervical spinal nerve 2. This nerve arises from between the first and second cervical vertebrae, along with the lesser occipital nerve. It ascends after emerging from the suboccipital...
- Lesser occipital nerveLesser occipital nerveThe lesser occipital nerve or small occipital nerve is a cutaneous spinal nerve arising between the second and third cervical vertebrae, along with the greater occipital nerve...
- Occipital arteryOccipital arteryThe occipital artery arises from the external carotid artery opposite the facial artery, its path is below the posterior belly of digastric to the occipital region. This artery supplies blood to the back of the scalp and sterno-mastoid muscles...
- Occipital boneOccipital boneThe occipital bone, a saucer-shaped membrane bone situated at the back and lower part of the cranium, is trapezoidal in shape and curved on itself...
- Occipital bunOccipital bunOccipital bun is a morphological term used to describe a prominent bulge, or projection, of the occipital bone at the back of the skull. The term is most often used in connection with scientific descriptions of classic Neanderthal crania...
- Occipital condyleOccipital condyleThe occipital condyles are undersurface facets of the occipital bone in vertebrates, which function in articulation with the superior facets of the atlas vertebra....
- Occipital grooveOccipital grooveOn the medial side of the mastoid process of the temporal bone is a deep groove, the mastoid notch , for the attachment of the Digastricus; medial to this is a shallow furrow, the occipital groove, which lodges the occipital artery....
- Occipital lobeOccipital lobeThe occipital lobe is the visual processing center of the mammalian brain containing most of the anatomical region of the visual cortex. The primary visual cortex is Brodmann area 17, commonly called V1...
- Occipital plane
- Occipital pole
- Occipital triangleOccipital triangleThe occipital triangle, the larger division of the posterior triangle, is bounded, in front, by the Sternocleidomastoideus; behind, by the Trapezius; below, by the Omohyoideus....
- Occipital scalesOccipital scalesIn reptiles, occipital scales are enlarged plates that lie directly behind the parietal scales.An interoccipital is a scale located between the occipital scales....
- Occipital veinOccipital veinThe occipital vein begins as a plexus at the posterior aspect of the scalp from the external occipital protuberance and superior nuchal line to the back part of the vertex of the skull....
- Parieto-occipital sulcus
- PGO (Ponto-geniculo-occipital) waves
- Preoccipital notchPreoccipital notchAbout 5 cm. in front of the occipital pole on the infero-lateral border is an indentation or notch, named the preoccipital notch....