The occipital bone is found in what area of the body?
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That's easy! It's in the head area.
Here's the exact definition from Wikipedia.:
Occipital bone
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Bone: Occipital bone
Sagittal section of skull. (Occipital bone is at right, in blue.)
Base of the skull. Upper surface. (Occipital bone is at bottom, in blue.)
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Articulations the two parietals, the two temporals, the sphenoid, and the atlas
The occipital bone, a saucer-shaped membrane bone situated at the back and lower part of the cranium, is trapezoid in shape and curved on itself. It is pierced by a large oval aperture, the foramen magnum, through which the cranial cavity communicates with the vertebral canal.
The curved, expanded plate behind the foramen magnum is named the squama occipitalis.
The thick, somewhat quadrilateral piece in front of the foramen is called the basilar part of occipital bone.
On either side of the foramen are the lateral parts of occipital bone.
the occipital bone is part of the skull...it's the part of the skull that covers the back part of your head
the back of the skull
the back part of the cranium (head)
The occipital bone, a saucer-shaped membrane bone situated at the back and lower part of the cranium, is trapezoid in shape and curved on itself. It is pierced by a large oval aperture, the foramen magnum, through which the cranial cavity communicates with the vertebral canal.
* The curved, expanded plate behind the foramen magnum is named the squama occipitalis.
* The thick, somewhat quadrilateral piece in front of the foramen is called the basilar part of occipital bone.
* On either side of the foramen are the lateral parts of occipital bone.
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