curved line of occipital bone superior
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Occipital bone — Bone: Occipital bone Sagittal section of skull. (Occipital bone is at right, in blue.) … Wikipedia
line — 1. A mark, strip, or streak. In anatomy, a long, narrow mark, strip, or streak distinguished from the adjacent tissues by color, texture, or elevation. SEE ALSO: linea. 2. A unit of … Medical dictionary
Bone — This article is about the skeletal organ. For other uses, see Bone (disambiguation) and Bones (disambiguation). For the tissue, see Osseous tissue. Drawing of a human femur Bones are rigid organs that constitute part of the endoskeleton of… … Wikipedia
Mastoid part of the temporal bone — Bone: Mastoid portion of the temporal bone Side view of head, showing surface relations of bones … Wikipedia
Parietal bone — Bone: Parietal bone Figure 1 : Left parietal bone. Outer surface … Wikipedia
Body of sphenoid bone — Infobox Bone Name = Body of sphenoid bone Latin = corpus ossis sphenoidalis GraySubject = 35 GrayPage = 147 Caption = Figure 2: Sphenoid bone, anterior and inferior surfaces. Caption2 = Figure 3: Sphenoid bone, upper and posterior surfaces.… … Wikipedia
linea nuchalis superior — [TA] superior nuchal line: a curved line on the outer surface of the occipital bone, extending from the external occipital protuberance toward the lateral angle and giving attachment medially to the trapezius muscle and laterally to the… … Medical dictionary
Squama occipitalis — Bone: Squama occipitalis Occipital bone at birth. (Squama is top half, portion above foramen magnum.) … Wikipedia
Nuchal lines — Bone: Nuchal lines Occipital bone. Outer surface … Wikipedia
margin — A boundary, edge, or border, as of a surface or structure. SEE ALSO: border, edge. SYN: margo [TA]. [L. margo, border, edge] acetabular m. [TA] the rim of bone around the acetabulum to whic … Medical dictionary
