| 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) |