occiput

Examples

• All

• Check the chin, ears, occiput, shoulders, sternum, and laryngeal prominence.

  Academic text (2002)

• He slips on the shampoo, hits the corner of the step with his occiput.

  Killer Elite (2011)

• More recently, when the drainage was more bothersome, he would also notice a dull pain at the occiput.

  Academic text (2009)

• It is designed to allow for improved fit with individual adjustment possible at the chin, occiput, and sternal areas.

  Academic text (2002)

• I feel as ecstatic wide dilation when the shut skull gives up resistance to the healers hands and the occiput opens its bones.

• For the modified procedure, a headform was used to load the headrests to simulate the loading from the occiput during a collision.

  Academic text (1996)

• The contusion on his head has perforated the internal membrane of the occiput and divided that radical small minute invisible nerve which coheres to the pericranium.

  Academic text (1990)

• If the patient is complaining of occiput, chin, shoulder, ear, sternum, or laryngeal prominence (Adam's apple) pressure points, do request assistance to change the collar immediately.

  Academic text (2002)

• Individuals who are supine in bed for prolonged periods typically break down over the occiput, scapulae, sacrum, and heels; whereas, an individual side-lying will break down over the greater trochanter and the malleoli.

  Academic text (1995)

• The doctor examined the patient's occiput for any signs of swelling.

Synonyms

O

occipital bone

vsocciput

• Specialized

3 7.4

A curved bone at the lower back of the skull that protects the back of the brain

refers to the general back area of the head rather than a single bone

Surface Forms

Etymology