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Osteology

Occipital bone, internal view

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Osteology
Occipital bone, internal view
  1. Superior angle
  2. Sagittal sulcus
  3. Internal occipital protuberance (summit of cruciate eminence)
  4. Transverse sulcus
  5. Internal occipital crest (lower part of cruciate eminence)
  6. Foramen magnum
  7. Transverse sulcus
  8. Jugular process
  9. Jugular incisure
  10. Tubercle for attachment of alar ligament
  11. Jugular tubercle
  12. Clivus
  13. Basilar part
  14. Superior occipital fossa
  15. Lambdoidal margin
  16. Inferior occipital fossa
  17. Lateral angle
  18. Mastoid margin
  19. Condyloid canal
  20. Lateral part
  21. Intrajugular process
  22. Inferior petrous sulcus