n
(anatomy) The point on the side of the skull corresponding to the posterior end of the parietomastoid suture.
adv
(anatomy) Toward the atlas.
adj
Alternative form of atlantooccipital [(anatomy) situated between the superior articular facets of the atlas and the condyles of the occipital bone]
adj
Alternative form of atlantooccipital [(anatomy) situated between the superior articular facets of the atlas and the condyles of the occipital bone]
adj
(anatomy) situated between the superior articular facets of the atlas and the condyles of the occipital bone
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the basiocciput
n
(anatomy) The basilar part of the occipital bone
n
(anatomy) The main artery of the upper arm that is a direct continuation of the axillary artery beginning at the inferior border of the teres major muscle, runs along the medial aspect of the upper arm, and divides into the radial and ulnar arteries at the cubital fossa.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the arm and the face.
n
(anatomy) The upper, domelike portion of the skull (without the lower jaw).
n
(anatomy) The middle part of the head; the part of the head situated between the occiput and sinciput.
adj
(anatomical terms of location and direction) Toward the head; in bipeds such as humans, this direction corresponds to superior.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the head and face.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the neck and the cranium
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting, the clavicle and the cranium.
n
(anatomy) The junction of several of the sinuses of the dura mater in the internal occipital region.
n
A region of the skull located along the coronal suture, at the junction between the frontal bone and the two parietal bones.
adj
(anatomy) Synonym of cephalic.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the cranium, carpals, and tarsus.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the cranium and the occiput
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the cranium and vertebrae.
n
An internal condyle (on the side next to the body)
n
(anatomy) The aponeurosis underlying the scalp and linking the frontalis and occipitalis muscles.
n
The occipitofrontalis muscle.
n
Alternative form of epoccipital [Any of a group of bones, of no obvious function, that lined the frills of ceratopsid dinosaurs]
n
An ossification situated above the squamosal bone
n
(neuroanatomy) The seventh (VII) of twelve paired cranial nerves that supply motor fibers especially to the muscles of the face and jaw and sensory and parasympathetic fibers to the tongue, palate, and fauces.
n
(anatomy) The large foramen, or hole, in the occipital bone for the passage of the medulla oblongata and its membranes.
adj
(anatomy) frontal and lacrimal (especially in reference to those bones)
n
(anatomy) A prominence on the inner surface of the occipital bone between the upper border and the foramen magnum.
n
A scale located between the occipital scales.
n
(anatomy) A thin flat extrinsic muscle of the eye arising from the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone, passing forward and downward over the superior rectus, and inserting into the tarsal plate of the skin of the upper eyelid which it elevates.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the lunate and triquetrum.
n
(anatomy) A craniometric point on the sagittal suture between the parietal foramina near the lambdoid suture.
n
The bone at the back of the skull.
n
(neuroanatomy) Either of two nerves that arise mostly from the second cervical nerve.
n
(anatomy) The point of the occiput in the mesial plane farthest from the ophryon.
n
(anatomy) A muscle of the head that arises from the lateral two-thirds of the superior nuchal lines and from the mastoid part of the temporal bone, inserts into the galea aponeurotica, and acts to move the scalp; it is sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.
n
Connection with the occipital bone
adv
In relation to the occiput or the occipital bone.
adj
(anatomy) Having the occiput facing anteriorly or anterolaterally.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the occiput and the atlas
adj
(anatomy) relating to the articulation of the occiput and atlas with the axis
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the occiput and the bregma.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the occiput and the cranium
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the occiput and the face.
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the occiput and the ilium.
adj
(anatomy) Having the occiput facing laterally.
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the occiput and the back of the neck.
adj
(anatomy) Having the occiput facing posteriorly or posterolaterally.
adj
(anatomy) occipital and sacral
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the occiput and the scapula.
adj
(anatomy) Having the occiput facing transversely (i.e. laterally).
n
(chiefly anatomy) The back part of the head or skull.
n
(anatomy) The posteriormost point in the midsagittal plane of the occiput
adj
Relating to the ear and the occiput (or the occipital bone)
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ear and the occiput.
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the otocrane.
n
(anatomy) A paranasal sinus.
adj
Alternative form of parietooccipital [Of or pertaining to the parietal and occipital lobes or bones.]
adj
(anatomy) Situated near or beside the occipital condyle or the occipital bone; paramastoid; applied especially to a process of the skull in some animals.
n
(entomology) a neurosecretory center of the insect brain, located along the anterior midline.
adj
(obsolete, anatomy) Of or relating to the pecten.
adj
(anatomy) In front of the coccyx.
adj
(anatomy) Situated in front of the occipital region or occipital lobe.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to a promontorium (projecting part of the body)
adj
(anatomy) pterygoid and paroccipital
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the quadrate bone and the cranium
adj
(anatomy) ventral of the caudal end of the zygomatic arch
n
(anatomy) A saddle-shaped depression in the sphenoid bone of the skull in humans and other hominids.
n
(chiefly anatomy) The front part of the head or skull (as contradistinct from occiput).
n
(anatomy, colloquial) Any of the group of suboccipital muscles.
n
(anatomy) Synonym of carotid triangle.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the supraoccipital bone.
n
(anatomy) The superior part of the occipital bone
adj
(anatomy) Of, relating to, or designating that part of the columella of the ear which projects above the connection with the stapes, as in many animals.
adj
Alternative form of temporozygomatic [Synonym of zygomaticotemporal]
adj
(anatomy, obsolete) Relating to the nape of the neck and the occiput.
adj
Across the ethmoid bone
n
(neuroanatomy) Each of the fifth and largest pair of cranial nerves responsible for sensation and motor function in the face and mouth.
n
(neuroanatomy) Alternative form of trigeminal nerve. [(neuroanatomy) Each of the fifth and largest pair of cranial nerves responsible for sensation and motor function in the face and mouth.]
adj
Of or relating to trigonocephaly.
n
(neuroanatomy) Each of the fourth pair of cranial nerves that innervate the superior oblique muscle of the eye with motor fibers.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ulna and carpus.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the ulna and a trochlea
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the uncus.
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