How To Use Occipital In A Sentence
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Skull at birth, showing frontal and occipital fonticuli.
Illustrations. Fig. 197
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In the middle line is the posterior part of the sagittal suture connecting the parietal bones; extending downward and lateralward from the hinder end of the sagittal suture is the deeply serrated lambdoidal suture joining the parietals to the occipital and continuous below with the parietomastoid and occipitomastoid sutures; it frequently contains one or more sutural bones.
II. Osteology. 5c. The Exterior of the Skull
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The portion in front of the genu is termed the frontal part, and separates the lentiform from the caudate nucleus; the portion behind the genu is the occipital part, and separates the lentiform nucleus from the thalamus.
IX. Neurology. 4c. The Fore-brain or Prosencephalon
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Yeremi, in his bubble, likewise cannoned askew into the occipital portion of the head.
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Some areas of the skull, such as the occipital table or the filling of the narial tubes, are preserved without deformation.
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Its fibers pass dorsally from an extensive anterior attachment to insert on the pharyngeal raphe, the pharyngeal tubercle of the occipital bone.
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the occipital protuberance was well developed
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Such joints are found between the epiphyses and bodies of long bones, between the occipital and the sphenoid at, and for some years after, birth, and between the petrous portion of the temporal and the jugular process of the occipital.
III. Syndesmology. 3. Classification of Joints
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Gena - ae: the cheeks; includes that portion of the head on each side below the eyes, and extends to the gular suture: in Odonata the area between the eyes and clypeus and mouth parts: in Diptera the space between the lower border of the eye and oral margin, merging into face at front and limited by the occipital margin behind.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
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The skull from the cave of Engis — viewed from the right side. ‘a’ glabella, ‘b’ occipital protuberance, (‘a’ to ‘b’ glabello-occipital line), ‘c’ auditory foramen.
Essays
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The cuneus is a wedge-shaped area between the calcarine fissure and the medial part of the parietoöccipital fissure.
IX. Neurology. 4c. The Fore-brain or Prosencephalon
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I at first thought of taking the length of the skull by a craniometer, and seeing what portion of the total length to the posterior edge of the sacrum it would be, but I soon discarded the idea on account of the variation in the supra-occipital process.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
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Other names are ‘occipital spur or torus occipitalis’, it is the insertion site of the ligamentum nuchae.
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As in, "The transverse occipital sulcus intersects the intraparietal sulcus near the level of the parieto-occipital fissure" and "The Sahara is in Afghanistan, I think." ...
Boing Boing
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The fibers are at first somewhat widely diffused, but as they descend through the corona radiata they gradually approach each other, and pass between the lentiform nucleus and thalamus, in the genu and anterior two-thirds of the occipital part of the internal capsule; those in the genu are named the geniculate fibers, while the remainder constitute the cerebrospinal fibers; proceeding downward they enter the middle three-fifths of the base of the cerebral peduncle.
IX. Neurology. 1F. Pathways from the Brain to the Spinal Cord
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The ear is supplied by the greater auricular, lesser occipital, and auriculotemporal nerves, and the mastoid branches of the lesser occipital nerve.
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He had a face like a skull with the skin drawn tightly over occipital and malar ridges.
FLOATING CITY
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In the upper part of the internal occipital crest, a small depression is sometimes distinguishable; it is termed the vermian fossa since it is occupied by part of the vermis of the cerebellum.
II. Osteology. 5a. The Cranial Bones. 1. The Occipital Bone
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Yeremi, in his bubble, likewise cannoned askew into the occipital portion of the head.
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The brain showed extensive postsurgical changes, including a small occipital subdural hematoma, sutures within the dura, and a ventriculostomy tract in each frontal lobe.
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Thus the scapula, which is the pleurapophysis of the occipital vertebra, is vertical on its first appearance in the embryo of tetrapoda, and lies close up to the head
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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If a line be drawn from the point at which the brow curves in towards the root of the nose, and which is called the 'glabella' ( 'a') (Fig. 23), to the occipital protuberance ( 'b'), and the distance to the highest point of the arch of the skull be measured perpendicularly from this line, it will be found to be 4.75 inches.
On Some Fossil Remains of Man
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The anterior arch may also have facets articulating with projections on the occipital bone.
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If a line joining the glabella and the occipital protuberance
Essays
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If a line be drawn from the point at which the brow curves in towards the root of the nose, and which is called the 'glabella' ( 'a') (Figure 22), to the occipital protuberance ( 'b'), and the distance to the highest point of the arch of the skull be measured perpendicularly from this line, it will be found to be 4.75 inches.
Lectures and Essays
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The lambdoidal suture is continuous below with the occipitomastoid suture between the occipital and the mastoid portion of the temporal.
II. Osteology. 5c. The Exterior of the Skull
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Certain of the fissures and sulci are utilized for the purpose of dividing the hemisphere into lobes, and are therefore termed interlobular; included under this category are the lateral cerebral, parietoöccipital, calcarine, and collateral fissures, the central and cingulate sulci, and the sulcus circularis.
IX. Neurology. 4c. The Fore-brain or Prosencephalon
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Occipital margin: in Mallophaga, the posterior margin of the head.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
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They comprise the upper part of the occipital squama (interparietal), the squamæ and tympanic parts of the temporals, the parietals, the frontal, the vomer, the medial pterygoid plates, and the bones of the face.
II. Osteology. 1. Development of the Skeleton
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On the medial side of the process is a deep groove, the mastoid notch (digastric fossa), for the attachment of the Digastricus; medial to this is a shallow furrow, the occipital groove, which lodges the occipital artery.
II. Osteology. 5a. 4. The Temporal Bone
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Variations occur in the extension over the face and over the clavicle and shoulder; it may be absent or interdigitate with the muscle of the opposite side in front of the neck; attachment to clavicle, mastoid process or occipital bone occurs.
IV. Myology. 5. The Fasciæ and Muscles of the Anterolateral Region of the Neck. a. The Superficial Cervical Muscle
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Near the middle of the occipital squama is the external occipital protuberance or inion, and extending lateralward from it on either side is the superior nuchal line, and above this the faintly marked highest nuchal line.
II. Osteology. 5c. The Exterior of the Skull
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The sphenoidal sinus may be absent or small; it may be very large and extend into the basilar process of the occipital bone, the greater or lesser wings of the sphenoid, or the pterygoid processes.
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A TMS coil was held over the visual processing areas in the right occipital-parietal lobes.
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The rearmost of the four lobes is the occipital lobe, but there is no sulcus to define its limit on the lateral surface.
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In its course it rests upon the squama of the occipital, the mastoid angle of the parietal, the mastoid part of the temporal, and, just before its termination, the jugular process of the occipital; the portion which occupies the groove on the mastoid part of the temporal is sometimes termed the sigmoid sinus.
VII. The Veins. 3b. 5. The Sinuses of the Dura Mater
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The occipital bone is very prominent. The head is a topknot of long silky hair.
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Its fibers pass dorsally from an extensive anterior attachment to insert on the pharyngeal raphe, the pharyngeal tubercle of the occipital bone.
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The supraoccipital contacts the parietals of the skull table dorsally and the exoccipitals ventrally.
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Yeremi, in his bubble, likewise cannoned askew into the occipital portion of the head.
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Tissue, Array, Human Adult Normal, Brain II, Brain, Frontal lobe, Temporal lobe, Parietal lobe, Occipital lobe, Pons, Thalamus, Corpus callosum (Paraffin.
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Minimum basioccipital width is narrow relative to cavity width, suggesting the petrosals would have been moderately enlarged (in width two to three times the shortest distance between them).
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I form this opinion from the large size of the sincipital region generally, and from observing that its frontal portion outmeasures its occipital one.
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Each leads dorsally to a rhomboid sinus between the basioccipital and exoccipital, which also communicates with the posterior ramus of the median canal.
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The Auricular Branch (ramus auricularis) supplies the back of the concha and frequently gives off a branch, which enters the skull through the mastoid foramen and supplies the dura mater, the diploë, and the mastoid cells; this latter branch sometimes arises from the occipital artery, and is then known as the mastoid branch.
VI. The Arteries. 3a. 2. The External Carotid Artery
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Longacre emphasized unequally divided pleurae on the pygidium and the presence of an occipital spine as characters separating Calvinella from other dikelocephalids.
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The eye has been compared to a camera due to its ability to process images for interpretation by the occipital cortex of the brain.
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Rhomboideus-occipitalis passes between trapezius and splenius to reach the occipital bone.
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The planum occipitale of the squama is developed in membrane, and may remain separate throughout life when it constitutes the interparietal bone; the rest of the bone is developed in cartilage.
II. Osteology. 5a. The Cranial Bones. 1. The Occipital Bone
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The occipital protuberance occupies the extreme posterior end of the skull, when the glabello-occipital line is made horizontal, and so far from any part of the occipital region extending beyond it, this region of the skull slopes obliquely upward and forward, so that the lambdoidal suture is situated well upon the upper surface of the cranium.
Essays
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William Thomas Andrews was a dwarf seventeen years old, whose head measured in circumference 35 inches; from one external auditory meatus to another, 27 1/4 inches; from the chin over the cranial summit to the suboccipital protuberance, 37 1/2 inches; the distance from the chin to the pubes was 20 inches; and from the pubes to the soles of the feet, 16; he was a monorchid.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
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As in, "The transverse occipital sulcus intersects the intraparietal sulcus near the level of the parieto-occipital fissure" and "The Sahara is in Afghanistan, I think." ...
Boing Boing
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Above the pharyngeal tonsil, in the middle line, an irregular flask-shaped depression of the mucous membrane sometimes extends up as far as the basilar process of the occipital bone; it is known as the pharyngeal bursa.
XI. Splanchnology. 2c. The Pharynx
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But in the Poloyo skullcap, even though its cranial capacity is similar to the smaller of the H. erectus specimens from Sangiran, there are also features commonly associated with the much larger brained, geologically younger Ngandong specimens including the very broad frontal (forehead) formerly attributed to expansion in brain size, details of the browridge, and relationships between muscular attachments on the temperal bone, and details of the occipital torus on the back of the vault.
Case of the Curious Cranium
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The fourth shot struck the skull above the occipital condyle and entered the braincase; it likely caused instantaneous loss of consciousness and death due to massive brain trauma.
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The supraoccipital is essentially an unpaired dermal bone of the occiput.
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The part of the squama above the inion and highest lines is named the planum occipitale, and is covered by the Occipitalis muscle; the part below is termed the planum nuchale, and is divided by the median nuchal line which runs downward and forward from the inion to the foramen magnum; this ridge gives attachment to the ligamentum nuchæ.
II. Osteology. 5c. The Exterior of the Skull
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The scapula (with supra-scapula) is the pleurapophysis, the coracoid the hæmapophysis, of the occipital vertebra.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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The neurosurgeon reduces the occipital protuberance by securing the central sagittal strip to the occipital bones using nonabsorbable sutures or 28-g surgical steel wire.
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The tentorial surface of the occipital lobe is limited in front by an imaginary transverse line through the preoccipital notch, and consists of the posterior part of the fusiform gyrus (occipitotemporal convolution) and the lower part of the lingual gyrus, which are separated from each other by the posterior segment of the collateral fissure.
IX. Neurology. 4c. The Fore-brain or Prosencephalon
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The vertebrobasilar arteries supply the brain stem, cerebellum, and occipital lobes; the cerebral hemispheres are supplied through the carotid arteries.
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The condyles articulate with the atlas; occasionally, a facet located on the anterior margin of the foramen magnum, the so-called third occipital condyle, articulates with the dens.
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This common problem accompanies long-term syringomyelia and involves loss of upward gaze because the neck becomes fused in a cervico-occipital malformation.
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The occipital, the parietal, and frontal, the bones which surround the internal ear, the vomer, the premaxilla, and the quadrate bones, may be given as examples.
On the Genesis of Species
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The jugular foramen, a passage between the petrous portion of the temporal bone and the jugular process of the occipital bone, may be divided into two parts by intrajugular processes.
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The brain showed extensive postsurgical changes, including a small occipital subdural hematoma, sutures within the dura, and a ventriculostomy tract in each frontal lobe.
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The Descending Branch (ramus descendens; arteria princeps cervicis) (Fig. 513), the largest branch of the occipital, descends on the back of the neck, and divides into a superficial and deep portion.
VI. The Arteries. 3a. 2. The External Carotid Artery
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Its position will be recognized on the vertical line between the frontal and occipital, as it is not an element of energy and success, nor of debility, but simply an element of debasing animalism, which is not destitute of force.
Buchanan's Journal of Man, December 1887 Volume 1, Number 11
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The lingual gyrus lies between the calcarine fissure and the posterior part of the collateral fissure; behind, it reaches the occipital pole; in front, it is continued on to the tentorial surface of the temporal lobe, and joins the hippocampal gyrus.
IX. Neurology. 4c. The Fore-brain or Prosencephalon
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The postorbitofrontal forms its primary contact with the frontal rather than the parietal, and the supraoccipital is firmly attached to the ventral side of the parietal.
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Thus when the basilar process of the human occipital bone is determined to be the 'centrum' or 'body' of the last cranial vertebra, its _general homology_ is enunciated.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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The reduced occipital muscle scars are placed on a much lower level than both the glabella and the occipital ring.
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In more derived snakes, most of the occipital elements are fused, forming essentially the only akinetic structure in the skull.
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On the ventral surface of the cranium, the bullae are small, and the paroccipital processes are long and straight.
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The occipital lobe is positioned on a process of the dura mater, known as the tentorium cerebelli, which divides the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
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Like extended wings on either side of the basi-occipital are the ex-occipital (e.o.) (the bone is marked in Figure 4, but the letters are a little obscured by shading).
Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata
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The concentration of androgen receptor and 5 reductase activities in frontal hair follicles is greater than in occipital follicles.
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Extending from above downward and forward across the cranium are the coronal and lambdoidal sutures; the former connects the parietals with the frontal, the latter, the parietals with the occipital.
II. Osteology. 5c. The Exterior of the Skull
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Behind the dorsum sellae is a shallow depression, the clivus, which slopes obliquely backward, and is continuous with the groove on the basioccipital (basilar portion of the occipital bone).
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The under surface of the jugular process is rough, and gives attachment to the Rectus capitis lateralis muscle and the lateral atlantoöccipital ligament; from this surface an eminence, the paramastoid process, sometimes projects downward, and may be of sufficient length to reach, and articulate with, the transverse process of the atlas.
II. Osteology. 5a. The Cranial Bones. 1. The Occipital Bone
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Its fibers pass dorsally from an extensive anterior attachment to insert on the pharyngeal raphe, the pharyngeal tubercle of the occipital bone.
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These three surfaces are separated from each other by the following borders: (a) supero-medial, between the lateral and medial surfaces; (b) infero-lateral, between the lateral and inferior surfaces; the anterior part of this border separating the lateral from the orbital surface, is known as the superciliary border; (c) medial occipital, separating the medial and tentorial surfaces; and (d) medial orbital, separating the orbital from the medial surface.
IX. Neurology. 4c. The Fore-brain or Prosencephalon
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At the top of your neck are suboccipital muscles, which help to orientate the top the neck and head.
The Sun
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197 Skull at birth, showing frontal and occipital fonticuli.
II. Osteology. 5d. The Interior of the Skull
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occipital bone
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_ -- The _meningocele_ is commonest in the occipital region, where it escapes through a cleft in the bone between the foramen magnum and the occipital protuberance (Fig. 197).
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
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The most posterior point of the skull is the junction of the interparietal and supraoccipitals which is marked by a poorly developed lambdoidal ridge.
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For the model above the hair was waved with a stacked perm at the back of the neck to get volume up to the occipital bone, and layered and textured through the front.
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The atlas may be fused with the occipital bone in varying degrees.
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The Collateral Fissure (fissura collateralis) (Fig. 727) is on the tentorial surface of the hemisphere and extends from near the occipital pole to within a short distance of the temporal pole.
IX. Neurology. 4c. The Fore-brain or Prosencephalon
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The superior borders extend from the superior to the lateral angles: they are deeply serrated for articulation with the occipital borders of the parietals, and form by this union the lambdoidal suture.
II. Osteology. 5a. The Cranial Bones. 1. The Occipital Bone
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The alar ligaments are strong, rounded cords, which arise one on either side of the upper part of the odontoid process, and, passing obliquely upward and lateralward, are inserted into the rough depressions on the medial sides of the condyles of the occipital bone.
III. Syndesmology. 5c. Articulations of the Vertebral Column with the Cranium
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The vertebrobasilar arteries supply the brain stem, cerebellum, and occipital lobes; the cerebral hemispheres are supplied through the carotid arteries.
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* In order to simplify neurological terminology, I will also refer to the parietal lobes as the orientation area and the occipital lobes as the visual processing area.
Born to Believe
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In front of the foramen magnum the basilar portion of the occipital and the posterior part of the body of the sphenoid form a grooved surface which supports the medulla oblongata and pons; in the young skull these bones are joined by a synchondrosis.
II. Osteology. 5d. The Interior of the Skull
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Objective: We report on a case of recurrent left cerebellopontine angle meningioma resulting in left occipital lobe radiation necrosis 17 months after 2 courses of gamma knife radiosurgery.
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For the model above the hair was waved with a stacked perm at the back of the neck to get volume up to the occipital bone, and layered and textured through the front.
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Her dyed blonde hair was cut short, bristly at the back of the head up to the occipital bone.
SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
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The occipital lobe is positioned on a process of the dura mater, known as the tentorium cerebelli, which divides the [[cerebrum]] from the [[cerebellum]]
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In the triangular interval between these ligaments is another fibrous cord, the apical odontoid ligament (Fig. 308), which extends from the tip of the odontoid process to the anterior margin of the foramen magnum, being intimately blended with the deep portion of the anterior atlantoöccipital membrane and superior crus of the transverse ligament of the atlas.
III. Syndesmology. 5c. Articulations of the Vertebral Column with the Cranium
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The rostrum in rorquals is long and tapers to a point (though it is comparatively broad in blue whales) and, in contrast to other mysticetes, a stout finger-like extension of the maxillary bone extends posteriorly, overlapping the nasals and abutting the supraoccipital (the shield-like plate that forms the rear margin of the skull).
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She has been left with extensive scars and areas of alopecia on the vertex, occipital, and right parietal regions of her head.
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Articulation of the Atlas with the Occipital Bone (articulatio atlantoöccipitalis).
III. Syndesmology. 5c. Articulations of the Vertebral Column with the Cranium
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See also Section 13 again, in which is the suggestion that the occipital part of the skull is possibly a fusion of vertebrae, a new view with much in its favour, and obviously an entirely different one from the old "segmental" view of the entire skull, discussed in
Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata
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The neurosurgeon reduces the occipital protuberance by securing the central sagittal strip to the occipital bones using nonabsorbable sutures or 28-g surgical steel wire.
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From about the middle of the postcentral sulcus, or from the upper end of its inferior ramus, the horizontal portion of the intraparietal sulcus is carried backward and slightly upward on the parietal lobe, and is prolonged, under the name of the occipital ramus, on to the occipital lobe, where it divides into two parts, which form nearly a right angle with the main stem and constitute the transverse occipital sulcus.
IX. Neurology. 4c. The Fore-brain or Prosencephalon
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Cats have frontal, temporal, occipital, and parietal lobes of their cerebral cortex, as we do, and these brain regions are composed of gray and white matter.
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The attentional hypothesis was supported: BOLD response in occipital cortex, particularly in the right hemisphere lingual gyrus, varied significantly as a function of tool position, increasing contralaterally, and decreasing ipsilaterally to the tool.
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Full frontal constraint may flatten the face, limit mandibular growth, and result in a retroflexed head with a prominent occipital shelf.
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In addition to cortical lobes recognized as fronto-orbital, temporal, and occipital, cetacean mammals present an additional lobe on the inferior surface of each cerebral hemisphere.
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The surface is traversed by three sutures, viz.: (1) the coronal sutures, nearly transverse is direction, between the frontal and parietals; (2) the sagittal sutures, medially placed, between the parietal bones, and deeply serrated in its anterior two-thirds; and (3) the upper part of the lambdoidal suture, between the parietals and the occipital.
II. Osteology. 5c. The Exterior of the Skull
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There is a slight occipital bunning and a very robust nuchal plane, inion, and mastoid/supramastoid region.
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A prominent feature of the head of every specimen is a pair of strange rods, the occipital lamellae, projecting from the back of the cranium alongside the vertebrae.
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The inferior surface is concave, and is continuous posteriorly with the tentorial surface of the occipital lobe.
IX. Neurology. 4c. The Fore-brain or Prosencephalon
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The arteries of the auricula are the posterior auricular from the external carotid, the anterior auricular from the superficial temporal, and a branch from the occipital artery.
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 1. The External Ear
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To study the depression of occipital arachnoid granulation by normal CT scans.
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These three surfaces are separated from each other by the following borders: (a) supero-medial, between the lateral and medial surfaces; (b) infero-lateral, between the lateral and inferior surfaces; the anterior part of this border separating the lateral from the orbital surface, is known as the superciliary border; (c) medial occipital, separating the medial and tentorial surfaces; and (d) medial orbital, separating the orbital from the medial surface.
IX. Neurology. 4c. The Fore-brain or Prosencephalon
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In consequence of this circumstance, the parts of the occipital bone which lie above and below the tuberosity make a much more acute angle with one another than is usual, whereby the hinder part of the base of the skull appears obliquely truncated.
Essays
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In sthenurines the basioccipital plane is above the palatal plane, more markedly so in the brachycephalic species.
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The dorsolateral surface of the mastoid portion forms a shelf, sometimes referred to as the occipital ridge (since it lacks a ridge and is nowhere near the occiput).
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The portion in front of the genu is termed the frontal part, and separates the lentiform from the caudate nucleus; the portion behind the genu is the occipital part, and separates the lentiform nucleus from the thalamus.
IX. Neurology. 4c. The Fore-brain or Prosencephalon
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As in, "The transverse occipital sulcus intersects the intraparietal sulcus near the level of the parieto-occipital fissure" and "The Sahara is in Afghanistan, I think." ...
Boing Boing
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With forward head postures, shortening occurs in the suboccipital muscles and lengthening takes place in the cervical and thoracic erector spinae muscles.
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The areas related to the trunk were controlled by auriculotemporal nerve, great auricular nerve and auricular branch of lesser occipital nerve.
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The supraoccipital is a weakly rhomboidal element, which meets the parietal in its deep posterior embayment as described above.
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Lateral to this fissure is the narrow tentorial part of the inferior temporal gyrus, and medial to it the fusiform gyrus, which extends from the occipital to the temporal pole; this gyrus is limited medially by the collateral fissure, which separates it from the lingual gyrus behind and from the hippocampal gyrus in front.
IX. Neurology. 4c. The Fore-brain or Prosencephalon
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In front of the otic capsule is the paired pro-otic bone (p.o.); behind it at the sides of the parachordal ring is the paired ex-occipital (e.o.); in front of the cranium box, and behind the nasal capsules, is a ring of bone, the (median, but originally paired) sphenethmoid (s.e.).
Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata
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The epaxial muscles insert on the posterior aspect of the chondrocranium, which later ossifies into the exoccipitals and supraoccipital of the skull.
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Objective. To discuss the diagnosis, limitations, and treatment of combined occipital-cervical and atlantoaxial disassociation with normal neurologic function.
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Cervical foramen: in coleopterous larvae - occipital foramen.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
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We perceive a return to it, as it were, in the early phases of development of the highest organised of the actually existing species, or we ought rather to say that development starts from the old point; and thus, in regard to the scapula, we can explain the constancy of its first appearance close to the head, whether in the human embryo or in that of the swan, also its vertical position to the axis of the spinal column, by its general homology as the rib or 'pleurapophysis' of the occipital vertebra" (_Limbs_, p. 56).
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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The normal visual evoked potential reflects the functional integrity of the visual pathways from retinal to occipital striate area.
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The neopallium is the dorsal cap of the brain, with frontal, parietal, and occipital areas, comprehending all that part of the brain which is the seat of the higher associative activities, reaching its fullest development in man.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man
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Thus the scapula, which is the pleurapophysis of the occipital vertebra, is vertical on its first appearance in the embryo of tetrapoda, and lies close up to the head
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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It is perforated by numerous foramina; one of these, of large size, situated near the posterior border, is termed the mastoid foramen; it transmits a vein to the transverse sinus and a small branch of the occipital artery to the dura mater.
II. Osteology. 5a. 4. The Temporal Bone
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The brain showed extensive postsurgical changes, including a small occipital subdural hematoma, sutures within the dura, and a ventriculostomy tract in each frontal lobe.
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There was also a single, small cerebral metastasis in the white matter of the posterior occipital lobe.
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The occipital lobe is positioned on a process of the dura mater, known as the tentorium cerebelli, which divides the cerebellum.
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