OntologiesuberonclassesUBERON:0001676   
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occipital bone
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001676

The bone at the lower, posterior part of the skull.

Also appears inhcaodhbaflopoaismmondo + 18
Related Synonyms
occipital complex
occipital squama
os occipitale
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class Information
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uberon

present in taxon

Homo sapiensncbitaxon

taxon_notes
  • formed from the sclerotome of the occipital somites. It is not present in living or fossil agnathans or cartilaginous fishes, but appears to have arisen in parallel in many bony fishes. Incorporation of the occipital ver- tebrae into the skull was associated with the annexation of the upper part of the spinal cord into the brain, together with the first 2 spinal nerves as cranial nerves XI and XII
  • fusion of basi-, exo- and supra-occipitals (and maybe tabular)
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