occipitomastoid
English
Etymology
occipito- + mastoid
Adjective
occipitomastoid (not comparable)
- (anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the occipital and mastoid bones
- 2015 July 13, Wagner Rodrigues Martins et al., “Immediate changes in electroencephalography activity in individuals with nonspecific chronic low back pain after cranial osteopathic manipulative treatment: study protocol of a randomized, controlled crossover trial”, in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, volume 15, DOI: :
- The practitioner sits behind the participant’s head, contacts participant’s lateral protuberances of the squama occipitalis (medially to the occipitomastoid suture) with the thenar eminence of both hands.
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