Occiput

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Occiput

Latin	occiput cranii
Artery	occipital artery
Vein	occipital vein
Lymph	occipital lymph nodes
Dorlands/Elsevier	o_01/12586226

The occiput is the anatomical term for the posterior portion of the head.

Contents

1 Clinical significance
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

Trauma to the occiput can cause a basilar skull fracture.

Identification of the location of the fetal occiput is important in obstetrics.^[1]

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General anatomy of head and neck

HEAD: Face/Occiput: Forehead – Eye – Ear – Temple - Cheek – Chin

External nose: Nostril - Nasal septum - Cartilages (Accessory nasal, of the septum, Greater alar, Lateral nasal, Lesser alar, Vomeronasal) - Olfactory glands

Nasal cavity: Choana - Turbinate - Sphenoethmoidal recess - Ethmoid bulla - Hiatus semilunaris - Ostium maxillare - Inferior meatus - Vomeronasal organ - Paranasal sinus

Mouth/oral cavity: Lip - Philtrum - Jaw - Pterygomandibular raphe

Teeth: Permanent (Incisor - Canine, Premolar, Molar) - Deciduous

Tongue: Plica fimbriata - Median sulcus - Foramen cecum - Terminal sulcus - Frenulum linguae - Anterior tongue - Posterior tongue

Palate/roof of mouth: Hard palate, Soft palate - Palatine raphe - Incisive papilla - Uvula - Pharyngeal recess - Arches: (Palatoglossal, Palatopharyngeal)

Salivary glands: (Parotid - Sublingual - Submandibular) - Ducts: Submandibular - Parotid

Masseteric fascia - Temporal fascia - Galea aponeurotica - Scalp

NECK: Throat – Pharynx - Larynx

Cartilages: Cricoid - Thyroid (Adam's apple) - Epiglottis - Arytenoid - Cuneiform - Corniculate

Extrinsic ligaments: Thyrohyoid membrane (Lateral thyrohyoid ligament, Median thyrohyoid ligament) - Hyoepiglottic ligament - Cricotracheal ligament Intrinsic ligaments: Cricothyroid ligament

Folds: (Glossoepiglottic - Aryepiglottic - Vocal - Vestibular) - Vocal ligament - Ventricle of the larynx - Infraglottic cavity - Vestibule of larynx - Rima glottidis - Glottis

Triangles of the neck: Anterior of the neck (Muscular, Carotid, Submandibular, Submental) - Posterior of the neck (Occipital, Subclavian) - Suboccipital

Deep cervical fascia (Pretrachial fascia, Prevertebral fascia, Investing layer) - Carotid sheath

Retropharyngeal space

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