Author: Glossary

Concerning the occiput and the forehead. Relating to both the occiput and the forehead, or to the occiput and the frontal lobes of the brain.  

Concerning the occiput and the neck.  

Concerning the occipital and atlas hones.  

Fusion of the atlas and occipital bones.  

The posterior portion of the occipitofrontalis muscle at the back of the head. Back of the epicranius; muscle that draws the scalp backward.  

The back of the head, the portion of the skull made of the occipital bone, and the part of the cerebrum below the occipital bone.  

The concept that the simplest explanation for a phenomenon is the best one, that is, “what can be done with fewer (assumptions) is done in vain with more.” Philosophical rule first put forth by the medieval English scholar William of Occam or Ockham (c. 1285-1349). “Occam’s Razor,” sometimes called the “law of parsimony,” states that…

Pain on inward rotation of the hip, a maneuver that stretches the obturator internus muscle. This test result may be positive in acute appendicitis.  

Having diminished arousal and awareness, often as the result of intoxication, metabolic illness, infection, or neurological catastrophe.