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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