"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.
Part of the back and base of the CRANIUM that encloses the FORAMEN MAGNUM.
| Descriptor ID |
D009777
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.232.781.572
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| Concept/Terms |
Occipital Bone- Occipital Bone
- Bone, Occipital
- Bones, Occipital
- Occipital Bones
Basilar Bone- Basilar Bone
- Basilar Bones
- Bone, Basilar
- Bones, Basilar
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