occipital
Rear skull region
Occipital refers to the back of the head or skull.
In anatomy, the occipital bone forms the rear and base of the cranium, and the occipital lobe is the brain region at the back of the head that processes vision.
The word appears mainly in medical and scientific contexts: The CT scan revealed an occipital fracture.
Head's bone casing
- boneHard skeletal tissue
- craniumSkull bone structure
- lobeRounded projecting part
- protuberanceProjection from a surface
condyle · foramen · suture · calvaria · craniometry · parietal · temporal · frontal
Organ's external tissue
- brainSeat of cognition
- visualOf or concerning sight
- processingSystematic operation on data
- striateMark with grooves
gyrus · sulcus · cerebral · hemisphere · neuroimaging · lesion · damage · epilepsy
Of or concerning sight
- sightVisual perception faculty
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- retinaLight-sensing tissue layer
- opticOf the eye
radiation · pathway · blindness · field · scotoma · hemianopia · cortical · processing
skull
Head's bone casing
protuberance · condyle · foramen · suture · calvaria · craniometry · parietal · temporal · frontal · basilar
cortex
Organ's external tissue
- brainSeat of cognition
- visualOf or concerning sight
- processingSystematic operation on data
striate · gyrus · sulcus · cerebral · hemisphere · neuroimaging · lesion · damage · epilepsy · seizure
visual
Of or concerning sight
- sightVisual perception faculty
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- retinaLight-sensing tissue layer
optic · radiation · pathway · blindness · field · scotoma · hemianopia · cortical · processing · recognition
- anatomy termsanterior, posterior, dorsal, ventral, medial
- skull anatomyskull, cranium, frontal bone, braincase, mandible
- reptile bonesskull, femur, tibia, fibula, humerus
- skull bonesfrontal bone, nasal bone, maxilla, mandible, vomer
- anatomybrain, heart, bones, liver, stomach
- sensationstaste, touch, smell, sound, pain