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occipital artery

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.64 in modern English

Syllables
oc-cip-i-tal artery
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An artery that arises from the external carotid artery opposite to the origin of the facial artery, that passes posteriorly to the base of the skull where it turns upward and ascends within the superficial fascia of the scalp, and that supplies or gives off branches supplying structures and especially muscles of the back of the neck and head.

Inflected Forms

occipital arteries (plural)

Phrases

ascending pharyngeal artery facial artery lingual artery maxillary artery posterior auricular artery superficial temporal artery superior thyroid artery

Frequently Paired Words

ascending pharyngeal artery facial artery lingual artery maxillary artery posterior auricular artery superficial temporal artery superior thyroid artery

Questions

What does occipital artery mean?
An artery that arises from the external carotid artery opposite to the origin of the facial artery, that passes posteriorly to the base of the skull where it turns upward and ascends within the superficial fascia of the scalp, and that supplies or gives off branches supplying structures and especially muscles of the back of the neck and head.

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