occipital bone

saucer-shaped membrane bone situated at the back and lower part of the cranium
AnatomicalStructure class_of_anatomical_entity Q16317
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occipital bone

Summary

occipital bone is a class of anatomical entity[1]. It draws 314 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_anatomical_entity category, ranking #148 of 1,372).[2]

Key Facts

  • occipital bone's image is recorded as Occipital bone - animation 02.gif[3].
  • occipital bone's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[4].
  • occipital bone's instance of is recorded as membranous bone[5].
  • occipital bone's subclass of is recorded as flat bone[6].
  • occipital bone's subclass of is recorded as human bone[7].
  • occipital bone's subclass of is recorded as particular anatomical entity[8].
  • occipital bone's part of is recorded as skull[9].
  • occipital bone's part of is recorded as calvaria[10].
  • occipital bone's part of is recorded as neurocranium[11].
  • occipital bone's Commons category is recorded as Occipital bones[12].
  • occipital bone's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D009777[13].
  • occipital bone's has part is recorded as squamous part of occipital bone[14].
  • occipital bone's has part is recorded as basilar part of occipital bone[15].
  • occipital bone's has part is recorded as lateral part of occipital bone[16].
  • occipital bone's has part is recorded as foramen magnum[17].
  • occipital bone's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01t9lf[18].
  • occipital bone's MeSH tree code is recorded as A02.835.232.781.572[19].
  • occipital bone's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Occipital bones[20].
  • occipital bone's anatomical location is recorded as skull[21].
  • occipital bone's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1391789[22].
  • occipital bone's Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID is recorded as A02.1.04.001[23].
  • occipital bone's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[24].
  • occipital bone's Foundational Model of Anatomy ID is recorded as 52735[25].
  • occipital bone's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/occipital[26].
  • occipital bone's UBERON ID is recorded as 0001676[27].

Why It Matters

occipital bone draws 314 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_anatomical_entity category, ranking #148 of 1,372).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Medical Subject Headings. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Medical Subject Headings. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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