Occipital plane
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Occipital bone at birth.
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Occipital bone. Outer surface.
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| Latin | planum occipitale |
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| Anatomical terms of bone
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That area of the squamous part of the occipital bone which lies above the highest of the nuchal lines is named the occipital plane or (planum occipitale), and is covered by the occipitalis muscle.
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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