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Record 1 2000-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Bones and Joints
CONT

[In vertebrates the "occipital group" of bones] consists typically of four bones at the rear end of the skull, encircling the foramen magnum ... [One of these is] the "basioccipital" below. Modern amphibians lack [the] basioccipital, but they were present in extinct amphibians.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Os et articulations
CONT

[Ensemble le basioccipital et les exoccipitaux] entourent le trou occipital. Le basioccipital forme le condyle occipital, point d'appui de la colonne vertébrale. Chez les vertébrés inférieurs, ce condyle est unique.

Key term(s)
  • basi-occipital

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