Preoccipital notch
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| Brain: Preoccipital notch | ||
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| Human brain lateral view description (#8 at bottom right = Incisura praeoccipitalis) | ||
| Latin | Incisura praeoccipitalis | |
| Gray's | subject #189 818 | |
About 5 cm. in front of the occipital pole 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 from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy.
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