Osteology
Occipital bone, external view
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Osteology
Occipital bone, external view
- Lambdoid margin
- Supreme nuchal line
- Superior nuchal line
- External occipital crest
- Inferior nuchal line
- Foramen magnum
- Condylar fossa
- Jugular tubercle
- Tubercle for attachment of alar ligament
- Occipital condyle
- Pharyngeal tubercle
- Basilar part
- Occipital plane
- External occipital protuberance
- Lateral angle
- Nuchal plane
- Mastoid margin
- Condylar canal
- Jugular process
- Lateral part