OCCIPUT


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

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Clinical significance
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Clinical significance


Trauma to the occiput can cause a basilar skull fracture.
Identification of the location of the fetal occiput is important in obstetrics.[1]

See also



occipital bone

occipital

References


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