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occipital bone
noun[ Cusually singular ]
anatomy specializeduk /ɒkˈsɪp.ɪ.təl ˌbəʊn/ us /ɑːkˈsɪp.ɪ.t̬əl ˌboʊn/
the bone that forms the back part of the skull(= the bones that surround and protect the brain):
The scan revealed a fracture of his skull in the occipital bone.
Between the parietal bone and the occipital bone lies the lamboid suture.
The occipital bone is fractured, and both concussion and compression of the brain was the result.
The skull vault consists of a pair of frontal bones, a pair of parietal bones, and one occipital bone.
They determined that the fragment was part of the occipital bone from the back of the skull.
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