Occipital: alternatives and connections

The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.

The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back…

A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back.

A covering for the head, worn by women, usually protecting more or less the back and sides of the head, but no part of the forehead. T…

The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middl…

The topmost part of the head (see Illust. of Bird.); that part of the head from which the hair descends toward the sides and back; als…

Bearing, or producing, on the back; -- applied to ferns which produce seeds on the back of the leaf, and to certain Batrachia, the ova…

a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone

The upper and outer element of periotic bone, -- in man forming a part of the temporal bone.

a small thrush (Turdus pilaris) which breeds in northern Europe and winters in Great Britain. The head, nape, and lower part of the ba…

Pertaining to both the hyoidean arch and the tongue; -- applied to the anterior segment of the hyoidean arch in many fishes. -- n. The…

The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an an…

The dorsal one of the three principal bones comprising either lateral half of the pelvis; the dorsal or upper part of the hip bone. Se…

A long-nosed monkey (Semnopithecus nasalis), native of Borneo. The general color of the body is bright chestnut, with the under parts,…

The bone, or principal bone, of the upper jaw, the bone of the lower jaw being the mandible.

Mortification or gangrene of bone, or the death of a bone or portion of a bone in mass, as opposed to its death by molecular disintegr…

of Occiput

A combining form denoting relation to, or situation near, the occiput; as, occipito-axial; occipito-mastoid.