Preoccipital notch
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| Preoccipital notch | |
|---|---|
 Human brain lateral view description (#8 at bottom right = incisura praeoccipitalis) | |
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| Identifiers | |
| Latin | Incisura praeoccipitalis |
| NeuroLex ID | birnlex_1436 |
| TA98 | A14.1.09.109 |
| TA2 | 5438 |
| FMA | 83739 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
About 5 centimetres (2.0 in) in front of the occipital pole of the human brain, 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)
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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 818 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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