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OCCIPITAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the occiput
Example:
occipital bone
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
occiput (back part of the head or skull)
Derivation:
occiput (back part of the head or skull)
Context examples:
It is caused by neurological damage in the brain, specifically in the occipital or parietal lobes.
(Agnosia, NCI Thesaurus)
Mutations in the gene are associated with both Menkes disease and occipital horn syndrome.
(ATP7A wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Most frequent sites of involvement are: sacrococcygeal area, spheno-occipital area, and the cervico-thoraco-lumbar spine.
(Chordoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The joint located between the atlas and occipital vertebrae.
(Atlanto-Occipital Joint, NCI Thesaurus)
A muscle originating from the anterior tubercle of the transverse processes of cervical vertebrae three through six that inserts at the basilar process of the occipital bone acting to turn the neck anteriorly.
(Longus Capitis, NCI Thesaurus)
The deep, one inch long portion of the parieto-occipital fissure, a groove, on the outer surface of the cerebral cortex midway between the occipital lobe and the fissure of Rolando.
(External Parieto-Occipital Fissure, NCI Thesaurus)
A horizontal groove on the lateral surface of the occipital lobe extending from the accessory lateral occipital sulci to the lunate sulcus that separates the superior occipital gyrus from the inferior occipital gyrus.
(Lateral-Occipital Sulcus, NCI Thesaurus)
A cerebral fissure that originates near the occipital lobe and terminates below the corpus callosum.
(Calcarine Sulcus, NCI Thesaurus)
The anterior aspect of the foramen magnum formed by the basilar part of the occipital bone.
(Anterior Foramen Magnum, NCI Thesaurus)
In the surgeon’s deposition it was stated that the posterior third of the left parietal bone and the left half of the occipital bone had been shattered by a heavy blow from a blunt weapon.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
