inion

inion
A point located on the external occipital protuberance at the intersection of the midline with a line drawn tangent to the uppermost convexity of the right and left superior nuchal lines. [G. nape of the neck]

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in·i·on 'in-ē-.än, -ən n OCCIPITAL PROTUBERANCE (a)

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n.
the projection of the occipital bone that can be felt at the base of the skull.

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in·i·on (inґe-on) [Gr. “the back of the head”] [TA] the most prominent point of the external occipital protuberance. iniac, inial adj


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  • inión — m. anat. Punto craniométrico que se sitúa en la línea media del cráneo, en el vértice de la protuberancia occipital externa. Medical Dictionary. 2011. inión …   Diccionario médico

  • inion — [injɔ̃] n. m. ÉTYM. 1877, Littré, Suppl., additif; grec inion « occiput ». ❖ ♦ Anat. Protubérance occipitale externe. ⇒ Occiput. || De l inion. ⇒ Iniaque …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • inion — INIÓN, inioni, s.m. Protuberanţă externă a osului occipital, considerată reper în măsurătorile antropometrice. [pr.: ni on] – Din fr. inione. Trimis de ana zecheru, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  inión s. m. (sil. ni on), pl. inióni Trimis de siveco …   Dicționar Român

  • ínion — s. m. [Anatomia] Ponto que corresponde à parte mais saliente do osso occipital, usado em craniometria. = ÍNIO • [Brasil] Plural: iníones ou ínions. • [Portugal] Plural: iníones.   ‣ Etimologia: grego iníon, ou, osso occipital …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • Inion — In i*on, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ini on the back of the head.] (Anat.) The external occipital protuberance of the skull. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Inion — Inion, s. Schädel …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • inion — [in′ē ən, in′ēän΄] n. [ModL < Gr, the back of the head < is (gen. inos), sinew, muscle, lit., strength, akin to L vis, strength < IE * wīs < base * wei , to strive forward, > L via] the bulging part at the rear of the human skull …   English World dictionary

  • Inion — L inion est le point le plus proéminent de l os occipital, dans la partie inférieure de l arrière du crâne. Le ligamentum nuchae et les trapèzes s attachent sur ou à proximité de cette zone. C est un point crâniométrique utilisé en anthropologie… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Inion — Infobox Bone Name = Inion Latin = GraySubject = 46 GrayPage = 185 Caption = Side view of head, showing surface relations of bones. (Inion visible at center right.) Caption2 = Occipital bone. Outer surface. (External occipital protuberance visible …   Wikipedia

  • Inion — Die Kraniometrie (lat. cranium „Schädel“ und gr. μέτρον métron „Maß“) ist ein Teilgebiet der Morphometrie und damit der quantitativen Anatomie. Anhand von morphometrischen Schädelmerkmalen lassen sich, sowohl bei Menschen als auch Tieren, z. B.… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • inion — /in ee euhn/, n. Craniom. a point at the external occipital protuberance of the skull. [1805 15; < NL < Gk iníon nape of the neck, equiv. to in (s. of ís) fiber, sinew + ion dim. suffix] * * * …   Universalium

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