| ramus mastoideus 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) |
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| ramus meningeus arteriae occipitalis | <anatomy, artery> One of the variable branches of the occipital artery which may pass through the jugular or parietal foramina or condyloid canal to reach the dura mater and bone of the posterior cranial fossa, as well as the intracranial portions of the caudal four cranial neres. Synonym: ramus meningeus arteriae occipitalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus occipitalis | Nomina Anatomica lists occipital branches of 1) posterior auricular artery (rami occipitalis arteriae auricularis posterior; 2) posterior auricular nerve (rami occipitalis nervi auricularis posterioris; and 3) occipital artery, rami occipitales arteriae occipitis. Synonym: ramus occipitalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ramus parieto-occipitalis | Parieto-occipital branch of medial occipital artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vena emissaria occipitalis | <anatomy, vein> An inconstant vessel perforating the squama of the occipital bone to connect the occipital veins with the confluens sinuum. Synonym: vena emissaria occipitalis, emissarium occipitale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vena occipitalis | <anatomy, vein> Drains the occipital region and empties into the internal jugular vein or the suboccipital plexus. Synonym: vena occipitalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| venter occipitalis musculi occipitofrontalis | <anatomy> The posterior belly of the occipitofrontalis muscle. See: occipitofrontalis muscle. Synonym: venter occipitalis musculi occipitofrontalis, occipitalis muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| margo lambdoideus squamae occipitalis | <anatomy> The margin of the occipital squama that articulates with the parietal bones in the lambdoid suture. Synonym: margo lambdoideus squamae occipitalis, lambdoid margin of occipital bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| margo mastoideus squamae occipitalis | The margin of the occipital squama that articulates with the temporal bone. Synonym: margo mastoideus squamae occipitalis, mastoid margin of occipital bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| margo occipitalis | Edge of a bone which articulates with the occipital bone. See: occipital border of parietal bone, occipital border of temporal bone. Synonym: margo occipitalis, occipital margin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pars occipitalis corporis callosi | Occipital radiation of the corpus callosum; that part of the fibre radiation of the corpus callosum which bends sharply backward into the occipital lobe of the cerebrum. Synonym: forceps major, forceps posterior, occipital part of corpus callosum, pars occipitalis corporis callosi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| regio occipitalis capitis | The surface region of the head corresponding to the outlines of the occipital bone. Synonym: regio occipitalis capitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| membrana atlanto-occipitalis anterior | anterior atlanto-occipital membrane |
| membrana atlanto-occipitalis posterior | The fibrous membrane that attaches between the posterior arch of the atlas and the posterior margin of the foramen magnum. Synonym: membrana atlanto-occipitalis posterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |