[DOC] [TLE] Occipital bone - Wikipedia [PAR] The occipital bone is a cranial dermal bone, and is the main bone of the occiput It 
is trapezoidal ... On either side of the foramen are the lateral parts of occipital 
bone, (exoccipitals). ... condyles, and anterior part of the basilar part; in the 
inferior cerebellar fossae it is thin, semitransparent, and without .... The 
Vertebrate Body. [DOC] [TLE] Atlas (anatomy) - Wikipedia [PAR] In anatomy, the atlas (C1) is the most superior (first) cervical vertebra of the spine. 
It is named ... The atlanto-occipital joint allows the head to nod up and down on 
the ... The diminutive size of this process prevents any interference with the ... The 
posterior part of the arch presents above and behind a rounded edge for the... [DOC] [TLE] Skeletal System - Biology [PAR] The skeletons of different species of vertebrates share many similarities. Since 
the rat ... the anterior portion of the skull and the lateral wall of the eye ... This 
bone has the occipital condyles and foramen magnum on its caudal surface. 
Palatine. [DOC] [TLE] Palaeos Vertebrates: Bones: Braincase: Occiput [PAR] The triangular configuration of the three dorsal elements is fairly typical and also 
... is performing its structural duties dorsally, and there is no direct ventral support. 
... In lower vertebrates, the occiput (or its functional equivalent) is organized ... In 
teleosts, the supraoccipital is not clearly part of the occiput at all, but tends to... [DOC] [TLE] Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy - Lecture Notes 3 [PAR] Other bony vertebrates - embryonic cartilaginous neurocranium is largely ... 
Mammals - all 4 occipital elements typically fuse to form a single occipital bone ... 
anterior to sphenoid; cribiform plate of ethmoid & several conchae (or ... gill slits 
in holocephalans & bony fishes; Tetrapods - no vestiges of opercular bones 
remain... [DOC] [TLE] A Course of Twelve Lectures ON THE STRUCTURE AND ... [PAR] 'I 'oted t %i the base of the skull a distinct basi-occipital, and a basilar ... But in the 
front walls of the skull there was no distinctly ossified ali- sphenoid, at least none 
.... The quadrate bone becomes very large and expanded; all the posterior part .... 
It is curious to notice in the vertebrate series this distribution of the primitive... [DOC] [TLE] skeleton - The vertebrate skeleton | Britannica.com [PAR] The component parts of the skeletons of vertebrates, although remarkably 
uniform ... at any one link is slightly ahead of that of the next posterior unit and 
slightly behind ..... A pair of occipital condyles on the skull that articulate against 
shallow... [DOC] [TLE] Evolution of the vertebrate skeleton: morphology, embryology, and ... [PAR] Jan 13, 2015 ... Vertebrate Skeleton Evolution Development Homology .... However, studies of 
comparative morphology provide no evidence of .... tissue throughout the bodies 
of vertebrates, whereas the posterior portion (that is, the trunk ... Note that the 
occipital represents an endoskeletal vertebral element secondarily... [DOC] [TLE] On The Theory of the Vertebrate Skull (1859) - Clark University [PAR] And this is not wonderful; for no living being can be attentively [539] studied .... 
This anterior division of the axis may be termed its ethmovomerine portion. ... The 
[544] spinal cord passes out behind the posterior margin of the basi-occipital. [DOC] [TLE] Homologies of the Alisphenoid and Petromastoid Bones in Vertebrates [PAR] the skull it may not be known that any difference of opinion still pre- vails among 
.... garded the two bones, the rocher7 and occipital externe8 of Cuvier, which .... 
arm of the posterior semicircular canal, the lower part of the facial canal, jugular... [DOC] [TLE] The Temporal Foss of Vertebrates in Relation to the Jaw ... - JStor [PAR] THE TEMPORAL FOSSAE OF VERTEBRATES IN REtA- ... in these reptiles the 
sagittal and occipital crests ..... to the posterior aspect of the occiput was no. [DOC] [TLE] Principal Characters of American Jurassic Dinosaurs; Part VI ... [PAR] May 3, 2014 ... Part VI: Restoration of Brontosaurus, (with plate I); by Professor O. C. Marsh. ... 
smaller in proportion to the body than in any vertebrate

Question: In any vertebrate, the occiput is the posterior part of this
Answer: the skull