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... 14 KB (1,788 words) - 13:59, 11 April 2024 |
An occipital bun, also called an occipital spur, occipital knob, chignon hook or inion hook, is a prominent bulge or projection of the occipital bone at... 6 KB (683 words) - 23:11, 11 January 2024 |
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.... 3 KB (233 words) - 19:53, 29 April 2024 |
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... 5 KB (653 words) - 00:08, 3 October 2023 |
portion of the temporal. The occipital border, deeply denticulated (finely toothed), articulates with the occipital bone, forming half of the lambdoid... 10 KB (1,350 words) - 17:36, 11 April 2024 |
The atlanto-occipital joint (Capsula articularis atlantooccipitalis) is an articulation between the atlas bone and the occipital bone. It consists of... 4 KB (402 words) - 16:37, 5 March 2024 |
The occipital condyles are undersurface protuberances of the occipital bone in vertebrates, which function in articulation with the superior facets of... 10 KB (1,103 words) - 17:12, 5 February 2024 |
The lateral parts of the occipital bone (also called the exoccipitals) are situated at the sides of the foramen magnum; on their under surfaces are the... 4 KB (561 words) - 00:58, 24 April 2024 |
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... 16 KB (1,792 words) - 16:34, 19 April 2024 |
skull, the occipital lobes are part of the posterior cerebrum. The lobes of the brain are named from the overlying bone and the occipital bone overlies... 11 KB (1,315 words) - 14:37, 3 April 2024 |
Skull (redirect from Cranial bone) consist of 22 bones—eight cranial bones and fourteen facial skeleton bones. In the neurocranium these are the occipital bone, two temporal bones, two parietal... 39 KB (4,463 words) - 11:19, 1 May 2024 |
Atlas (anatomy) (redirect from Atlas bone) the anterior atlantoaxial ligament; the former connects it with the occipital bone above, and the latter with the axis below. The posterior arch forms... 16 KB (1,930 words) - 03:38, 29 April 2024 |
Neurocranium (redirect from Cranial bones) include the following eight bones: 1 ethmoid bone 1 frontal bone 1 occipital bone 2 parietal bones 1 sphenoid bone 2 temporal bones The ossicles (three on... 9 KB (1,044 words) - 16:22, 22 January 2024 |
and tentorium cerebelli. It is formed by the sphenoid bones, temporal bones, and occipital bone. It lodges the cerebellum, and parts of the brainstem... 6 KB (563 words) - 14:57, 31 January 2024 |
Occipitalis muscle (redirect from Occipital belly of occipitofrontalis muscle) 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... 2 KB (184 words) - 02:16, 26 February 2024 |
Clivus (anatomy) (redirect from Altanto-occipital dislocation) is a part of the occipital bone at the base of the skull. It is a shallow depression behind the dorsum sellae of the sphenoid bone. It slopes gradually... 9 KB (1,073 words) - 18:17, 23 March 2024 |
Base of skull (category Bones of the head and neck) There are five bones that make up the base of the skull: Ethmoid bone Sphenoid bone Occipital bone Frontal bone Temporal bone Occipital sinus Superior... 3 KB (219 words) - 11:23, 15 March 2024 |
parietal, and two temporal bones, along with the upper portion of the occipital bone and the wings of the sphenoid. These bones are separated by membranous... 4 KB (513 words) - 04:52, 15 May 2021 |
Pharyngeal tubercle (category Bones of the head and neck) tubercle is a part of the occipital bone of the head and neck. It is located on the lower surface of the basilar part of occipital bone. It is the site of attachment... 3 KB (246 words) - 15:17, 18 July 2023 |