Uber Anatomy Ontology

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Preferred Name

external occipital protuberance
Synonyms

inion
Definitions

Near the middle of the occipital squama is the external occipital protuberance, and extending lateralward from it on either side is the superior nuchal line, and above this the faintly marked highest nuchal line. It is less pronounced in females. The inion is the highest point of the external occipital protuberance. a projection on the external surface of the squamous part of the occipital bone in the midline.
ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0013469
database_cross_reference

Wikipedia:External_occipital_protuberance

SCTID:139582005

FMA:75752
definition

Near the middle of the occipital squama is the external occipital protuberance, and extending lateralward from it on either side is the superior nuchal line, and above this the faintly marked highest nuchal line. It is less pronounced in females. The inion is the highest point of the external occipital protuberance. a projection on the external surface of the squamous part of the occipital bone in the midline.
external_definition

The external occipital protuberance is a bony prominence occuring on the large area ventral to the external sagittal crest. It functions as the attachment site for the funicular part of the nuchal ligament[MURDOCH:734].
has_obo_namespace

uberon
has_related_synonym

inion
id

UBERON:0013469
in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#mouse_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_subset
label

external occipital protuberance
notation

UBERON:0013469
part_of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0007170
prefLabel

external occipital protuberance
see also

https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/166
treeView

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0007170
subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0005913
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