The skull is rather large and high in the dome, with a prominent occiput and a gradual stop. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
‘occiput’, and the part intervening between the sinciput and the occiput is the ‘crown’. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
The occiput is a part, you know. From Wordnik.com. [The Nursery, January 1877, Volume XXI, No. 1 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers] Reference
"Fronte capillitium gerit, ast glabrum occiput illi.". From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 64, January 18, 1851] Reference
His occiput must have been slammed against the vitryl. From Wordnik.com. [Explorations]
The baby was in a persistent occiput transverse position. From Wordnik.com. [Doctor Resigns From Hospital Because She Won’t Do Unneeded C-Sections] Reference
The brain lies underneath the sinciput; the occiput is hollow. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
Upon the occiput the feathers are elongated and form a small crest. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891] Reference
His occiput is fractured but only surgery can tell us how serious it is. From Wordnik.com. [San Andreas]
I examined many skulls and found the occiput and first cervical ankylosed. From Wordnik.com. [An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China] Reference
The occiput is especially full, and the width of head just over the ears is noticeable. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Gatling Gun Detachment] Reference
And something about the size of Luna came out of nowhere and clobbered me on the occiput. From Wordnik.com. [A Spaceship Named McGuire] Reference
He indicated the small, circular orifice in the occiput, and its egress below the left eye. From Wordnik.com. [The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police] Reference
Occipital foramen: the opening in the occiput, opposed to a similar opening in the prothorax: = foramen magnum. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
The fading was most rapid at the occiput, and may be said to have begun there, extending to the right and upward. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878] Reference
The best birth position for your baby is occiput anterior head down, with the back of the head against your belly. From Wordnik.com. [The Official Lamaze® Guide] Reference
An old man, aged 60, received a bruise upon the occiput from a fall; the skin was lacerated and removed to the extent of half-a-crown. From Wordnik.com. [An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers] Reference
During this phase, your baby descends into your birth canal and likely completes rotation to the occiput anterior position see page 285. From Wordnik.com. [Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn] Reference
"The occiput?" said Mrs. Bridgeman, hearing imperfectly. From Wordnik.com. [The Prophet of Berkeley Square] Reference
He then dashed in and uppercut his opponent severely on the occiput. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 2nd, 1914] Reference
The papillary masses developed on the skin of the back, buttock, and occiput. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
The occiput protrudes backward, causing a forward sweep of the back of the neck. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
The antagonist, Ostentation, extends above and below the letters Ost. on the occiput. From Wordnik.com. [Buchanan's Journal of Man, December 1887 Volume 1, Number 11] Reference
Daubenton has seen a case of union at the occiput, but further details are not quoted. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
Ginevra's bonnet or the occiput perched like a capital on the long neck of her father. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Gibbie] Reference
From these remarks the reader will understand that force belongs to the occiput and gentleness to the front. From Wordnik.com. [Buchanan's Journal of Man, December 1887 Volume 1, Number 11] Reference
The occiput is quite as retreating, the supraciliary ridges are nearly as prominent, and the skull is as low. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures and Essays] Reference
Ogle, after mentioning several cases of traumatic anosmia, suggests that a blow on the occiput is generally the cause. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
In a Bantam or Jumper from Burmah these same characters are more strongly pronounced, and the supra-occiput is more pointed. From Wordnik.com. [The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I.] Reference
The device is intended for fusions of cervical and thoracic spine (C1 to T3) and occipito-cervico-thoracic junction (occiput to T3). From Wordnik.com. [Medgadget] Reference
Looking at the occiput, we find below Self-esteem or Pride, which was correctly located, the organs of Self-confidence, Love of Power, and. From Wordnik.com. [Buchanan's Journal of Man, November 1887 Volume 1, Number 10] Reference
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