| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| sulcus in the mesial surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum |
calcarine fissure
,
calcarine sulcus
|
| nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot; southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes |
checkered adder
,
house snake
,
Lampropeltis triangulum
,
milk adder
,
milk snake
|
| neural structure that serves as a processing station on the way from the retina to the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex |
corpus geniculatum laterale
,
lateral geniculate body
|
| craniometric point that is the most prominent point at the back of the head (at the occipital protuberance) |
inion
|
| suture between the occipital and parietal bones |
lamboid suture
,
sutura lamboidea
|
| one of two thick muscles running from the sternum and clavicle to the mastoid and occipital bone; turns head obliquely to the opposite side; when acting together they flex the neck and extend the head |
musculus sternocleidomastoideus
,
sternocleidomastoid
,
sternocleido mastoideus
,
sternocleidomastoid muscle
|
| any of the convolutions of the outer surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebrum |
occipital gyrus
|
| prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone |
occipital protuberance
|
| vein that drains the occipital region |
occipital vein
,
vena occipitalis
|
| suture between the occipital and the temporal bones; a continuation of the lamboid suture |
occipitomastoid suture
|
| either of two skull bones between the frontal and occipital bones and forming the top and sides of the cranium |
parietal bone
|
| sulcus near the posterior end of each hemisphere that separates the parietal lobes and the occipital lobes in both hemispheres |
parieto-occipital fissure
,
parieto-occipital sulcus
|
| S-shaped dural sinus on the temporal and occipital bones |
sigmoid sinus
,
sinus sigmoideus
|
| (anatomy) a fold of dura mater that covers the cerebellum and supports the occipital lobes of the cerebrum |
tentorium
|
