Oc*cip"i*tal (?), a. [Cf. F.
occipital.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the
occiput, or back part of the head, or to the occipital
bone.
Occipital bone (Anat.), the bone
which forms the posterior segment of the skull and surrounds the
great foramen by which the spinal cord leaves the cranium. In the
higher vertebrates it is usually composed of four bones, which become
consolidated in the adult. -- Occipital point
(Anat.), the point of the occiput in the mesial plane
farthest from the ophryon.
Oc*cip"i*tal, n. (Anat.)
The occipital bone.