OCCIPITAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does occipital mean? 

• OCCIPITAL (adjective)
  The adjective OCCIPITAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the occiput

  Familiarity information: OCCIPITAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OCCIPITAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the occiput

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

occipital bone

Pertainym:

occiput (back part of the head or skull)

Derivation:

occiput (back part of the head or skull)

 Context examples 

A groove or cleft on the inferior surface of the temporal lobe running from the occipital pole to the anterior boundary of the temporal lobe.

(Inferior Temporal Sulcus, NCI Thesaurus)

The occipital region of the skin that covers the top of the head.

(Occipital Scalp, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery arising from the pericallosal artery that extends along the parieto-occipital sulcus to supply the medial and superolateral surfaces of the parietal lobe and sometimes the occipital lobe.

(Parieto-Occipital Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A gyrus or ridge in the occipital lobe of the brain below the middle occipital sulcus.

(Inferior Occipital Convolution, NCI Thesaurus)

A group of veins that drain the infero-internal portion of the occipital lobe into the vein of Galen.

(Internal Occipital Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

A gyrus or ridge in the occipital lobe of the brain between the superior and middle occipital sulci.

(Middle Occipital Convolution, NCI Thesaurus)

A small triangular process of dura matter beginning at the internal occipital crest just beneath the tentorium and projecting forward.

(Falx Cerebelli, NCI Thesaurus)

One of the lobes of the cerebral hemisphere located superiorly to the occipital lobe and posteriorly to the frontal lobe.

(Parietal Lobe, NCI Thesaurus)

A large orifice in the occipital bone through which the spinal cord enters the cranial cavity.

(Foramen Magnum, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery that branches from the medial occipital artery that aligns with the calcarine sulcus.

(Calcarine Artery, NCI Thesaurus)