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Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

Osteology

Occipital bone, lateral view

Image #41-5

KEYWORDS: Bones cartilage joints.

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Osteology
Occipital bone, lateral view
1 . Superior angle
2 . Lambdoidal margin
3 . Jugular process
4 . Hypoglossal canal
5 . Jugular tubercle
6 . Clivus
7 . Basilar part (cut away from body of sphenoid bone)
8 . Inferior petrosal sulcus
9 . Foramen for inferior petrosal sinus
10 . Intrajugular process
11 . Occipital condyle
12 . Squamous part of occipital bone
13 . Lateral angle
14 . Foramen magnum
15 . Tubercle for attachment of alar ligament
16 . Condyloid canal
17 . Transverse sulcus
18 . Jugular incisure