sulcus of occipital artery
1Sulcus — From the Latin for a groove, furrow, or trench. In medicine, there are many sulci (plural of sulcus) as, for example, the superior pulmonary sulcus. * * * 1. [TA] One of the grooves or furrows on the surface of the brain, bounding the several… …
2Occipital lobe — Brain: Occipital lobe Frontal lobe Temporal lobe …
3Occipital groove — Bone: Occipital groove Left temporal bone. Outer surface. (Occipital groove labeled at bottom right.) Latin sulcus arteriae occipitalis Gray s …
4Occipital — The word occipital, in zoology, pertains to the occiput (rear of the skull).[1] Occipital is a descriptor for several areas of animal human anatomy. External occipital protuberance Internal occipital crest Greater occipital nerve Lesser occipital …
5sulcus arteriae occipitalis — [TA] occipital groove: the groove just medial to the mastoid notch on the temporal bone, lodging the occipital artery …
6Artery — A vessel that carries blood that is high in oxygen content away from the heart to the farthest reaches of the body. Since blood in arteries is usually full of oxygen, the hemoglobin in the red blood cells is oxygenated. The resultant form of… …
7Inferior petrosal sulcus — The inferior petrosal sulcus is the groove containing the inferior petrosal sinus.The inferior petrosal sulcus is formed by the junction of the petrous part of the temporal bone of the skull with the basilar part of the occipital bone. It begins… …
8Middle cerebral artery — Artery: Middle cerebral artery Outer surface of cerebral hemisphere, showing areas supplied by cerebral arteries. (Pink is region supplied by middle cerebral artery.) …
9Lateral occipital sulcus — Infobox Brain Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = 189 GrayPage = 823 Caption = Lateral surface of left cerebral hemisphere, viewed from the side. (Lat. occ. sulcus labeled at center right.) Caption2 = IsPartOf = Components = Artery = Vein =… …
10groove — A narrow, elongate depression or furrow on any surface. SEE ALSO: sulcus. alveolobuccal g. the upper and lower half of the buccal vestibule on each side. SYN: alveolobuccal sulcus, gingivobuccal g., gingivobuccal sulcus. alveololabial g. 1. the… …
