Occipital Bone

"Occipital Bone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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Part of the back and base of the CRANIUM that encloses the FORAMEN MAGNUM.

Descriptor ID	D009777
MeSH Number(s)	A02.835.232.781.572
Concept/Terms	Occipital Bone Occipital Bone Bone, Occipital Bones, Occipital Occipital Bones Basilar Bone Basilar Bone Basilar Bones Bone, Basilar Bones, Basilar

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Occipital Bone".

Anatomy [A]
Musculoskeletal System [A02]
Skeleton [A02.835]
Bone and Bones [A02.835.232]
Skull [A02.835.232.781]
Occipital Bone [A02.835.232.781.572]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Occipital Bone".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Occipital Bone".

Occipital Bone
Foramen Magnum

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