| occipital point | The most prominent posterior point on the occipital bone above the inion. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| occipital pole | The most posterior promontory of each cerebral hemisphere; the apex of the occipital lobe. Synonym: polus occipitalis cerebri, occipital pole. Pelvic pole, the breech end of the foetus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| occipital pole of cerebrum | The most posterior promontory of each cerebral hemisphere; the apex of the occipital lobe. Synonym: polus occipitalis cerebri, occipital pole. Pelvic pole, the breech end of the foetus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| occipital region of head | The surface region of the head corresponding to the outlines of the occipital bone. Synonym: regio occipitalis capitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| occipital sinus | An unpaired dural venous sinus commencing at the confluence of the sinuses and passing downward in the base of the falx cerebelli to the foramen magnum. Synonym: sinus occipitalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| occipital triangle | A triangle of the neck bounded by the trapezius, the sternocleidomastoid, and the omohyoid muscles. See: inferior occipital triangle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| occipital vein | <anatomy, vein> Drains the occipital region and empties into the internal jugular vein or the suboccipital plexus. Synonym: vena occipitalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| occipitalis | <anatomy> The posterior belly of the occipitofrontalis muscle. See: occipitofrontalis muscle. Synonym: venter occipitalis musculi occipitofrontalis, occipitalis muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| occipitalization | Bony ankylosis between the atlas and occipital bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| occipito- | The occiput, occipital structures. Origin: L. Occiput (05 Mar 2000) |
| occipitoanterior position | A cephalic presentation of the foetus with its occiput turned toward the right (right occipitoanterior, ROA) or to the left (left occipitoanterior, LOA) acetabulum of the mother. (05 Mar 2000) |
| occipitoatloid | Relating to the occipital bone and the atlas; denoting the articulation between the two bones. (05 Mar 2000) |
| occipitoaxial | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the occipital bone and second vertebra, or axis. (01 Mar 1998) |
| occipitoaxial ligaments | Ligament's connecting the axis with the occipital bone. See: alar ligaments, apical ligament of dens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| occipitobregmatic | Relating to the occiput and the bregma; denoting a measurement in craniometry. (05 Mar 2000) |
| occipitofrontal diameter |
the distance from the external occipital protuberance to the most prominent midpoint of the frontal bone; called also fronto-occipital d.
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| occipitomental diameter |
the distance from the external occipital protuberance to the most prominent midpoint of the chin; called also mento-occipital d.
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| occipital plane |
The portion of the occiput above the superior nuchal line, and for the most part above the nuchal muscles.
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| occipitomastoid |
A process, usually in the form of a crest, paralleling or straddling the occipitomastoid suture and separated from the most lateral paramastoid process, if there is one, by an occipital grove. See juxtamastoid eminence.
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| occipitoposterior position |
The baby's face is directed to the front of the birth canal and results in diameters of the baby's head that may be too large to pass through the birth passage unless the position of the head can be corrected.
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