The adjective occipital, in zoology, means pertaining to the occiput (rear of the skull).

Occipital is a descriptor for several areas of animal and human anatomy.

  • External occipital protuberance
  • Internal occipital crest
  • Greater occipital nerve
  • Lesser occipital nerve
  • Occipital artery
  • Occipital bone
  • Occipital bun
  • Occipital condyle
  • Occipital groove
  • Occipital lobe
  • Occipital plane
  • Occipital pole
  • Occipital ridge
  • Occipital scales
  • Occipital triangle
  • Occipital vein
  • Parieto-occipital sulcus
  • PGO (Ponto-geniculo-occipital) waves
  • Preoccipital notch

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