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後頭骨 (こうとうこつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

後こう頭とう骨こつ

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Meanings

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occipital bone

Anatomical term for the bone forming the back and base of the skull.

後こう頭とう骨こつは頭ず蓋がい骨こつの後こう下か

部ぶ

を

形けい

成せい

する

。

The occipital bone forms the lower back part of the skull.

Kanji

後behind, back, later
頭head, counter for large animals
骨skeleton, bone, remains

Related words

頭ず蓋がい骨こつ
頭蓋骨 is the general term for the skull as a whole, while 後頭骨 specifically refers to the occipital bone.

Built from

後こう頭とう+コツ

Etymology

From 後頭 (back of the head) + 骨 (bone).