loading...| Preferred Name |
occipital bone |
| Synonyms |
occipital squama occipital complex os occipitale |
| Definitions |
The bone at the lower, posterior part of the skull. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001676 |
| database_cross_reference |
GAID:227 MESH:D009777 MA:0001468 NCIT:C12757 Wikipedia:Occipital_bone EMAPA:25112 SCTID:181796003 FMA:52735 UMLS:C0028784 |
| definition |
The bone at the lower, posterior part of the skull. |
| depicted_by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Gray194.png |
| develops_from | |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| has_related_synonym |
occipital squama occipital complex os occipitale |
| id |
UBERON:0001676 |
| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#uberon_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas |
| label |
occipital bone |
| notation |
UBERON:0001676 |
| only in taxon | |
| overlaps | |
| part_of | |
| prefLabel |
occipital bone |
| RO_0002175 | |
| surrounds | |
| treeView | |
| UBPROP_0000008 |
formed from the sclerotome of the occipital somites. It is not present in living or fossil agnathans or cartilaginous fishes, but appears to have arisen in parallel in many bony fishes. Incorporation of the occipital ver- tebrae into the skull was associated with the annexation of the upper part of the spinal cord into the brain, together with the first 2 spinal nerves as cranial nerves XI and XII fusion of basi-, exo- and supra-occipitals (and maybe tabular) |
| subClassOf |