单词 | occipital condyle |
释义 | > as lemmasoccipital condyle occipital condyle n. Anatomy and Zoology either of two prominences on the undersurface of the occipital bone that articulate with the first vertebra. ΚΠ 1841 R. Owen in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. III. 308/1 The groove between the occipital condyle and the exoccipital process. 1872 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. 302 In the Amphibians..and in the Mammals, there are two ‘occipital condyles’, by which the skull is jointed to the neck. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 546 The skull has great mobility on its single occipital condyle (another reptilian feature). 1994 Nature 27 Apr. 508/1 Only post-Devonian tetrapods possess indisputably terrestrial adaptations, such as a strengthened vertebral column, and occipital condyles instead of a notochordal support for the skull. < as lemmas |
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