Occipital Definition

Occipital Sentence Examples

• Here the opisthotic bone appears in the occipital region, as in the adult Chelonian.

• The opisthotic lies between the epiotic and the lateral occipital with which it ultimately fuses; in some birds, e.g.

• Birds possess an ear-muscle which at least acts as a tensor tympani; it arises near the occipital condyle, passes through a hole into the tympanic cavity, and its tendon is, in various ways, attached to the inside of the membrane and the neighbouring extracolumellar processes.

• The apex of the cochlea is turned towards, and almost reaches the anterior wall of the occipital condyle; at most it makes but half a twist or turn; it possesses both Reissner's membrane and the organ of Corti.

• The head is large, and the skull elongated, and elevated posteriorly into a transverse occipital crest.