Anatomy
occipital bone Audio
oc·cip·i·tal bone
Subclass of:
Bone structure of cranium
Definitions related to occipital bone:
  • Part of the back and base of the CRANIUM that encloses the FORAMEN MAGNUM.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • The trapezoidal-shaped bone that forms the back and part of the base of the skull.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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