後頭筋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
後 頭 筋
こう
Grade: 2
とう
Grade: 2
きん
Grade: 6
kan’on

Etymology

後頭 (“occiput”) +‎ 筋 (“muscle”), calque of New Latin mūsculus occipitālis

Noun

後(こう)頭(とう)筋(きん) • (kōtōkin) 

  1. (anatomy) an occipitalis muscle
    Antonym: 前頭筋 (zentōkin)
    Holonym: 後頭前頭筋 (kōtō zentōkin)
    Coordinate term: 側頭筋 (sokutōkin)
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