"Occipital Bone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Part of the back and base of the CRANIUM that encloses the FORAMEN MAGNUM.
| Descriptor ID |
D009777
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.232.781.572
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| Concept/Terms |
Occipital Bone- Occipital Bone
- Bone, Occipital
- Bones, Occipital
- Occipital Bones
Basilar Bone- Basilar Bone
- Basilar Bones
- Bone, Basilar
- Bones, Basilar
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Occipital Bone" by people in Profiles.
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CT-based morphometric analysis of the occipital condyle: focus on occipital condyle screw insertion. J Neurosurg Spine. 2016 Nov; 25(5):572-579.
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Biomechanical comparison of occiput-C1-C2 fixation techniques: C0-C1 transarticular screw and direct occiput condyle screw. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012 May 20; 37(12):E696-701.
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Biomechanical and morphometric evaluation of occipital condyle for occipitocervical segmental fixation. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 2011; 51(10):701-6.
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Occipital condyle fractures. Neurosurgery. 2010 Mar; 66(3 Suppl):56-9.
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Posterolateral approaches to the craniovertebral junction. Neurosurgery. 2010 Mar; 66(3 Suppl):135-40.
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Occipitocervical fixation: long-term results. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2005 Mar 01; 30(5):530-5.
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Surgical approaches to the craniovertebral junction. Clin Neurosurg. 1994; 41:187-203.