Medical Definition of Occipital fontanel

1. A triangular interval at the union of the lambdoid and sagittal sutures where the occipital angles of the parietal bones meet the occipital. Synonym: fonticulus posterior, occipital fontanel. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Occipital Fontanel

occipita
occipital anchorage
occipital angle of parietal bone
occipital artery
occipital belly of occipitofrontalis muscle
occipital bone
occipital bones
occipital border
occipital border of parietal bone
occipital border of temporal bone
occipital branch
occipital cerebral veins
occipital condyle
occipital emissary vein
occipital fontanel (current term)
occipital groove
occipital gyri
occipital gyrus
occipital horn
occipital lobe
occipital lobe epilepsy
occipital lobe of cerebrum
occipital lobes
occipital lymph nodes
occipital margin
occipital neuralgia
occipital neurectomy
occipital neuritis

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