Associations to the word «Occipital»

OCCIPITAL, adjective. Of or pertaining to the occiput (back of the head) or the occipital bone.

OCCIPITAL, noun. (skeleton) The occipital bone.

OCCIPITAL, noun. An occipital scale in reptiles.

OCCIPITAL BONE, noun. The bone at the back of the skull.

OCCIPITAL BONES, noun. Plural of occipital bone

OCCIPITAL BUN, noun. A prominent bulge or projection of the occipital bone at the back of the skull, common in many of humankind's ancestors but relatively rare in modern Homo sapiens.

OCCIPITAL HORN SYNDROME, noun. An X-linked recessive connective tissue disorder caused by a deficiency in the transport of copper.

OCCIPITAL LOBE, noun. (anatomy) one of the four major divisions of the cerebrum of the brain, located at the back of the head

OCCIPITAL LOBES, noun. Plural of occipital lobe

OCCIPITAL POINT, noun. (anatomy) The point of the occiput in the mesial plane farthest from the ophryon.

OCCIPITAL, adjective. Of or relating to the occiput; "occipital bone".