Medical Definition of Fissura petro-occipitalis

1. A fissure between the petrous part of the temporal bone and the basilar part of the occipital bone that extends anteromedially from the jugular foramen; includes the jugular foramem (at its posterior end). Synonym: fissura petro-occipitalis, Ecker's fissure. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fissura Petro-occipitalis

fissura choroidea
fissura collateralis
fissura dentata
fissura hippocampi
fissura horizontalis cerebelli
fissura horizontalis pulmonis dextri
fissura ligamenti teretis
fissura ligamenti venosi
fissura longitudinalis cerebri
fissura mediana anterior medullae oblongatae
fissura mediana anterior medullae spinalis
fissura obliqua pulmonis
fissura orbitalis inferior
fissura orbitalis superior
fissura parietooccipitalis
fissura petro-occipitalis (current term)
fissura petrosquamosa
fissura petrotympanica
fissura posterolateralis
fissura prima cerebelli
fissura pterygoidea
fissura pterygomaxillaris
fissura pterygopalatina
fissura secunda cerebelli
fissura sphenopetrosa
fissura transversa cerebelli
fissura transversa cerebri
fissura tympanomastoidea
fissura tympanosquamosa

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