Occipital bone
Os occipitale
The back of the skull round the foramen magnum; its condyles carry the head on the atlas.
About the occipital bone of the horse
Occipital bone is a bone of the head (head), a single structure on the midline. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Os occipitale. You can turn it above, see it in place in the head of the horse, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
Terminology
- English
- Occipital bone
- Latin (NAV)
- Os occipitale
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Questions about the occipital bone
- What is the Latin name of the occipital bone?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the occipital bone is called Os occipitale.
- Where is the occipital bone of the horse?
- Occipital bone is a bone of the head (head), a single structure on the midline.
See the occipital bone inside the whole horse.
Vetomica opens on this structure with every layer of the horse around it: peel back the skin and the muscles, cut a section through it, X-ray it, and practise naming it until you stop getting it wrong.
Free for 7 days, no card. After that the skeletons stay free.
