loading...| Preferred Name |
occipital artery |
| Synonyms |
arteria occipitalis |
| Definitions |
The occipital artery arises opposite the facial artery, its path is below the posterior belly of digastric to the occipital region. This artery supplies blood to the back of the scalp and sterno-mastoid muscles. Other muscles it supplies are deep muscles in the back and neck. [WP,unvetted]. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001613 |
| database_cross_reference |
UMLS:C0226117 SCTID:244219005 MA:0002009 EMAPA:37672 Wikipedia:Occipital_artery NCIT:C33194 FMA:49586 |
| definition |
The occipital artery arises opposite the facial artery, its path is below the posterior belly of digastric to the occipital region. This artery supplies blood to the back of the scalp and sterno-mastoid muscles. Other muscles it supplies are deep muscles in the back and neck. [WP,unvetted]. |
| depicted by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Gray508.png |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| has_related_synonym |
arteria occipitalis |
| id |
UBERON:0001613 |
| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#uberon_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas |
| label |
occipital artery |
| notation |
UBERON:0001613 |
| prefLabel |
occipital artery |
| present_in_taxon | |
| supplies | |
| subClassOf |