basioccipital bone

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• Basioccipital — Ba si*oc*cip i*tal, a. [Basi + occipital.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the bone in the base of the cranium, frequently forming a part of the occipital in the adult, but usually distinct in the young. n. The basioccipital bone. [1913 Webster] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• basioccipital — Relating to the basilar process of the occipital bone. * * * ba·si·oc·cip·i·tal .bā sē äk sip ət əl adj relating to or being a bone in the base of the cranium immediately in front of the foramen magnum that is represented in humans by the basilar …   Medical dictionary

• basioccipital — I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ at basi + adjective Etymology: basi + occipital : relating to or being a bone in the base of the cranium immediately in front of the foramen magnum, represented in man by the basilar process of the occipital II. noun ( s) …   Useful english dictionary

• Bone — is the substance that forms the skeleton of the body. It is composed chiefly of calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate. It also serves as a storage area for calcium, playing a large role in calcium balance in the blood. The 206 bones in the body …   Medical dictionary

• basilar bone — basioccipital bone a bone developing from a separate ossification center in the fetus, which becomes the basilar part of the occipital bone …   Medical dictionary

• basioccipital — the deep, median, endochondral bone at the posterior end of the parasphenoid on the ventral side of the posterior end of the skull. The bone with which the anterior most vertebra articulates, it also forms the ventral part of the foramen magnum.… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• basioccipital — adjective Of or pertaining to the base of the occiput (back of the skull) or to the base of the occipital bone …   Wiktionary

• basisphenoid bone — a bone in the floor of the cranium of embryos of many different animal species. In humans, before birth it becomes part of the postsphenoidal part of the sphenoid bone (see under part); in most other animals it persists as a separate bone between …   Medical dictionary

• Occipital bone — Bone: Occipital bone Sagittal section of skull. (Occipital bone is at right, in blue.) …   Wikipedia

• Ossification of occipital bone — Figure 3 : Occipital bone at birth. The planum occipitale [Fig. 3] of the squama of the occipital bone is developed in membrane, and may remain separate throughout life when it constitutes the interparietal bone; the rest of the bone is… …   Wikipedia

• basiotic bone — a small bone of the fetus between the basisphenoid and the basioccipital bones; called also Albrecht b …   Medical dictionary