Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the occiput and to the forehead.
- noun The occipitofrontalis.
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- adjective anatomy Of or pertaining to the
occipital andfrontal bones of theskull . - adjective anatomy Of or pertaining to the
occipitofrontalis muscle. - noun obsolete the
occipitofrontalis muscle
Etymologies
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Examples
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The occipitofrontal or longitudinal arc is measured from the nasion over the middle line of the vertex to the opisthion: while the basinasal length is the distance between the basion and the nasion.
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(f) The occipitofrontal fasciculus passes backward from the frontal lobe, along the lateral border of the caudate nucleus, and on the mesial aspect of the corona radiata; its fibers radiate in a fan-like manner and pass into the occipital and temporal lobes lateral to the posterior and inferior cornua.
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The long association fibers include the following: (a) the uncinate fasciculus; (b) the cingulum; (c) the superior longitudinal fasciculus; (d) the inferior longitudinal fasciculus; (e) the perpendicular fasciculus; (f) the occipitofrontal fasciculus; and (g) the fornix.
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