occipital bone
a curved, compound bone forming the back and part of the base of the skull.
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How to use occipital bone in a sentence
The bullet had entered near the bridge of the nose, and broken the occipital bone, so as to produce a concussion of the spine.
Lola Montez | Edmund B. d'AuvergneDolichocephalic, a skull whose diameter from the frontal to the occipital bone exceeds the transverse diameter.
A Manual of the Antiquity of Man | J. P. MacLeanThe course of the sagittal suture is grooved, and above the angle of the occipital bone the parietals are depressed.
Man's Place in Nature and Other Essays | Thomas Henry HuxleyThe neck area of the occipital bone was also ape-like in form.
A Hand-book to the Primates, Volume 2 (of 2) | Henry O. ForbesThe occipital bone, deeply depressed below the crest or ridge of the head.
Cattle and Their Diseases | Robert Jennings
British Dictionary definitions for occipital bone
the saucer-shaped bone that forms the back part of the skull and part of its base
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