| condylus occipitalis | One of two elongated oval facets on the undersurface of the occipital bone, one on each side of the foramen magnum, which articulate with the atlas. Synonym: condylus occipitalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| condylus | Synonym: condyle. Origin: L. Fr. G. Kondylos, knuckle, the knuckle of any joint (05 Mar 2000) |
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| condylus humeri | The distal end of the humerus, including the trochlea, capitulum and the olecranon, coronoid and radial fossae. Synonym: condylus humeri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| condylus lateralis | Condyle farthest from the midline. Synonym: condylus lateralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| condylus lateralis femoris | The lateral condyle is longer than the medial condyle. Synonym: condylus lateralis femoris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| condylus lateralis tibiae | The lateral condyle is longer than the medial condyle. Synonym: condylus lateralis tibiae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| condylus medialis | Condyle closest to midline. Synonym: condylus medialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| condylus medialis femoris | The shorter condyle closest to the midline. Synonym: condylus medialis femoris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| condylus medialis tibiae | The shorter condyle closest to the midline. Synonym: condylus medialis tibiae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| angulus occipitalis ossis parietalis | An angle formed by the junction, at the opisthion, of lines coming from the basion and from the projection in the median plane of the lower border of the orbits. See: Daubenton's line, Daubenton's plane. Synonym: angulus occipitalis ossis parietalis, occipital angle of parietal bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteriae occipitalis | <anatomy, artery> Mastoid branch of occipital artery, passing through the mastoid foramen; distribution, mastoid air cells; anastomosis, middle meningeal artery. Synonym: arteriae occipitalis, ramus mastoideus arteriae occipitalis, mastoid branch of occipital artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria occipitalis | <anatomy, artery> Origin, external carotid; branches, sternocleidomastoid, meningeal, auricular, occipital, mastoid, and descending. Synonym: arteria occipitalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria occipitalis lateralis | <anatomy, artery> One of the terminal branches of the posterior cerebral artery; it supplies, by several named branches, the lateral portions of the temporal lobe. Synonym: arteria occipitalis lateralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria occipitalis medialis | <anatomy, artery> One of the terminal branches of the posterior cerebral artery; it is distributed, by several named branches, to the posterior corpus callosum and the medial and superolateral portions of the occipital lobe including the visual cortex. Synonym: arteria occipitalis medialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria parieto-occipitalis | <anatomy, artery> The largest cortical branch of the pericallosal artery supplying the medial and superolateral surface of the parietal lobe posterior to the paracentral lobule; rarely does it extend to supply part of the occipital lobe. Synonym: arteria parieto-occipitalis, superior internal parietal artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| articulatio atlanto-occipitalis | <anatomy> A condylar synovial joint between the superior articular facets of the atlas and the condyles of the occipital bone. Synonym: articulatio atlanto-occipitalis, atlanto-occipital articulation. (05 Mar 2000) |