loading...| Preferred Name |
occipital artery |
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| Synonyms |
arteria occipitalis |
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| Definitions |
The occipital artery arises opposite the facial artery, its path is below the posterior belly of digastric to the occipital region. This artery supplies blood to the back of the scalp and sterno-mastoid muscles. Other muscles it supplies are deep muscles in the back and neck. [WP,unvetted]. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001613 |
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| ccf_is_provisional |
false |
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| ccf_part_of | ||
| ccf_pref_label |
occipital artery |
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| connected to | ||
| definition |
The occipital artery arises opposite the facial artery, its path is below the posterior belly of digastric to the occipital region. This artery supplies blood to the back of the scalp and sterno-mastoid muscles. Other muscles it supplies are deep muscles in the back and neck. [WP,unvetted]. |
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| depiction |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Gray508.png |
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| has part | ||
| has related synonym |
arteria occipitalis |
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| id |
UBERON:0001613 |
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| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas |
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| isDefinedBy | ||
| label |
occipital artery |
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| notation |
UBERON:0001613 |
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| prefLabel |
occipital artery |
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| xRef |
MA:0002009 UMLS:C0226117 SCTID:244219005 FMA:49586 EMAPA:37672 Wikipedia:Occipital_artery NCIT:C33194 |
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