occipital crest


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Related to occipital crest: basioccipital bone, Os occipitale

occipital crest

[äk′sip·əd·əl ¦krest]
(anatomy)
Either of two transverse ridges connecting the occipital protuberances with the foramen magnum.
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The Topknot Pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus) of Australia possesses both a frontal and an occipital crest reminiscent of domestic Trumpeters (Frith 1982).
Occipital Crest American Crest Geotrygon versicolor Archange Ducula aenea 10.
Los pichones de Darwin y la evolucion de los columbiformes: recapitulacion de genes ancestrales
The median occipital crest was well developed in Kagani goat as recorded in the present study.
Morphological and craniometrical studies on the skull of Kagani goat (Capra hircus) of Jammu Region / Estudios morfologico y craniometrico de la cabra Kagani (Capra hircus) de la Region de Jammu
The temporal fossa is short and high with a length of 114 mm from occipital crest to the anterior border of the temporal fossa.
Proamphibos kashmiricus (Bovini: Bovidae: Mammalia) Lower Case From the Pinjor Formation of Pakistan
2 Locate in the skull of the animal the region of external occipital crest (Greene, 1955).
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