Occipital bone

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Occipital bone
The occipital bone, a saucer-shaped membrane bone situated at the back and lower part of the cranium, is trapezoid in shape and curved on itself. It is pierced by a large oval aperture, the foramen magnum, through which the cranial cavity communicates with the vertebral canal.The curved, expanded plate behind the foramen magnum is named the squama occipitalis.The thick, somewhat quadrilateral piece in front of the foramen is called the basilar part of occipital bone.On either side of the foramen are the lateral parts of occipital bone.
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Occipital bone
Occipital bone n. A bone at the lower and posterior part of the skull, consisting of basilar, condylar, and squamous parts and enclosing the foramen [more]Occipital bone - Community and Resources


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occipital bone
Noun
1. a saucer-shaped membrane bone that forms the back of the skull
(hypernym) membrane bone
(part-holonym) cranium, braincase, brainpan
(part-meronym) inion


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Occipital bone
The bone forming the rear (and rear bottom) of the skull.

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occipital bone
Eng: occipital bone
Urdu: ایک مرکب ہڈی جو مڑکب کا پچھلا حصہ بناتی ہے ۔
  

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