Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the back, or nape, of the neck; -- applied especially to the anterior median plate in the carapace of turtles.
pertaining to the back of te neck. occipital - The bone surrounding the foramen magnum and bearing the occipital condyles. Formed from 4 embryonic elements, the basioccipital below, 2 exoccipitals, and the supraoccipital above.
median plate at the anterior edge of the carapace in turtles; also head scales of some lizards and snakes posterior to the parietals and interparietal; pertaining to the nape of the neck
the unpaired, central scale at the front edge of a turtleâ€(tm)s shell, immediately above the neck
of, relating to, or lying in the region of the nape (the back of the neck)
ligament L. The back of the head or neck; ligare = to bind.
Pertaining to the back of the neck, as in the anterior median scute (nuchal scute) on a turtle's carapace.
relating to the neck. nucha = the back of the neck. This word, originally Arabic ( nuq?), was adopted into Latin and changed in French to nuque.
the skin at the back of the neck. By measuring the nuchal thickness at the time of an ultrasound done at a certain stage of pregnancy, an estimate can be made of the risk of a foetus having Down syndrome. See nuchal translucency ultrasound and Fetal Medicine Foundation.
the area of the nape or lateral area of neck ocellate round or ring like shapes or spots, like an eye