- external occipital protuberance
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external occipital protuberance
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External occipital protuberance — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = protuberantia occipitalis externa GraySubject = 46 GrayPage = 185 Caption = Occipital bone. Outer surface. (External occipital protuberance visible at top center.) Caption2 = Precursor = System = Artery =… … Wikipedia
external occipital protuberance — noun see occipital protuberance … Useful english dictionary
occipital protuberance — n either of two prominences on the occipital bone: a) a prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone midway between the upper border and the foramen magnum that with the external occipital crest gives attachment to the ligamentum nuchae… … Medical dictionary
Occipital protuberance — can refer to: internal occipital protuberance external occipital protuberance This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here … Wikipedia
occipital protuberance — noun prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone • Hypernyms: ↑bulge, ↑bump, ↑hump, ↑swelling, ↑gibbosity, ↑gibbousness, ↑jut, ↑prominence, ↑protuberance, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Internal occipital protuberance — Infobox Bone Name = Internal occipital protuberance Latin = protuberantia occipitalis interna GraySubject = 31 GrayPage = 130 Caption = Occipital bone. Inner surface. (Internal occipital protuberance visible at center, at the center of the… … Wikipedia
Occipital condyle — Occipital bone. Outer surface. (Condyle for artic. with atlas labeled at lower left.) Latin condylus occipitalis Gray s … Wikipedia
occipital crest — n either of the two ridges on the occipital bone connecting the occipital protuberances and foramen magnum: a) a median ridge on the outer surface of the occipital bone that with the external occipital protuberance gives attachment to the… … Medical dictionary
occipital bone — n a compound bone that forms the posterior part of the skull and surrounds the foramen magnum, bears the condyles for articulation with the atlas, is composed of four united elements, is much curved and roughly trapezoidal in outline, ends in… … Medical dictionary
Occipital bone — Bone: Occipital bone Sagittal section of skull. (Occipital bone is at right, in blue.) … Wikipedia
