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Definition of Basioccipital

Basioccipital
Basioccipital Ba`si*oc*cip"i*tal, a. [Basi- + occipital.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the bone in the base of the cranium, frequently forming a part of the occipital in the adult, but usually distinct in the young. -- n. The basioccipital bone.

Meaning of Basioccipital from wikipedia

- The basilar part of the occipital bone (also basioccipital) extends forward and upward from the foramen magnum, and presents in front an area more or...
- underside of the basioccipital may have a pair of large projections which act as neck muscle attachments: the basitubera (also known as basioccipital tubera or...
- parts. From its front to the back is the basilar part, also called the basioccipital, at the sides of the foramen magnum are the lateral parts, also called...
- either trilobate and formed by the basioccipital and the exoccipitals, or a simple **** formed by the basioccipital; the supraoccipital is excluded from...
- the fossil skull preserves an ossified element that may represent the basioccipital, and the coding of this character as "present" or "absent" altered their...
- bones, both quadrate bones, both palatine bones, the braincase and the basioccipital bone. In 2015, Leonardo Maiorino reported that as part of the same specimen...
- mandibular barbels, an elongated Weberian apparatus firmly sutured to the basioccipital and the sensory canal on the posttemporal enclosed with bone. There...
- specimen is partially articulated and incomplete, consisting of the basioccipital, mandible, some teeth, cervical, pectoral, dorsal, and caudal vertebrae...
- in other plesiosaurs, the pterygoids of the palate are fused to the basioccipital of the braincase, although the union is not as robust as in the pliosaurs...
- Murray et al. (2023) includes opercles, hyomandibulae, frontals, and basioccipitals, and other partial gonorynchiform remains from the Maevarano Formation...