Preoccipital notch
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Human brain lateral view description (#8 at bottom right = Incisura praeoccipitalis)
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Latin | Incisura praeoccipitalis |
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NeuroLex ID | Preoccipital notch |
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Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
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About 5 cm. in front of the occipital pole on the infero-lateral border is an indentation or notch, named the preoccipital notch. It is considered a landmark because the occipital lobe is located just behind the line that connects that notch with the parietoccipital sulcus.
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Preoccipital notch (shown in red)
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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