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Tissues > Connective Tissue > Bone and Bones > Skull > Occipital Bone
Musculoskeletal System > Skeleton > Bone and Bones > Skull > Occipital Bone

Preferred term

Occipital Bone  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Basilar Bone
  • Basilar Bones
  • Bone, Basilar
  • Bones, Basilar

Note

  • fractures = OCCIPITAL BONE / inj (IM) + SKULL FRACTURES (IM); neoplasms: coordinate IM with SKULL NEOPLASMS (IM)

Scope note

  • Part of the back and base of the CRANIUM that encloses the FORAMEN MAGNUM.

In other languages

  • takaraivoluu

    Finnish

  • okkipitaaliluu
  • oksipitaaliluu
  • os occipitale
  • Nackben

    Swedish

  • Occipitalben
  • Os occipitale

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009777

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