Relating to or denoting the basilar part of the occipital bone at the base of the skull.
From Latin 'basis' (base) + 'occipitalis' (relating to the back of the skull). This anatomical term combines two Latin roots to precisely locate a specific bone structure.
The basioccipital bone is where your skull literally meets your spine—it's the narrow bottleneck through which all your nervous system signals must travel!
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