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MeSH Heading: Occipital Bone
Tree Number(s): A02.835.232.781.572
Unique ID: D009777
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009777
Annotation: fractures = OCCIPITAL BONE / inj (IM) + SKULL FRACTURES (IM); neoplasms: coordinate IM with SKULL NEOPLASMS (IM)
Scope Note: Part of the back and base of the CRANIUM that encloses the FORAMEN MAGNUM.
Entry Term(s): Basilar Bone
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/29

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Occipital Bone MeSH Descriptor Data 2023