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Descriptor English: Occipital Bone
Descriptor Spanish: Hueso Occipital
Descriptor hueso occipital
Entry term(s) hueso basilar
Scope note: Parte de la porción trasera y base del CRÁNEO, que encierra el FORAMEN MAGNO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Osso Occipital
Descriptor French: Os occipital
Entry term(s): Basilar Bone
Basilar Bones
Bone, Basilar
Bone, Occipital
Bones, Basilar
Bones, Occipital
Occipital Bones
Tree number(s): A02.835.232.781.572
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009777
Scope note: Part of the back and base of the CRANIUM that encloses the FORAMEN MAGNUM.
Annotation: fractures = OCCIPITAL BONE / inj (IM) + SKULL FRACTURES (IM); neoplasms: coordinate IM with SKULL NEOPLASMS (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 9962
Unique ID: D009777
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Occipital Bone - Preferred
Concept UI M0015180
Scope note Part of the back and base of the CRANIUM that encloses the FORAMEN MAGNUM.
Preferred term Occipital Bone
Entry term(s) Bone, Occipital
Bones, Occipital
Occipital Bones
Basilar Bone - Narrower
Concept UI M0015179
Preferred term Basilar Bone
Entry term(s) Basilar Bones
Bone, Basilar
Bones, Basilar



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