Osteology
Occipital bone, internal view
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Osteology
Occipital bone, internal view
- Superior angle
- Sagittal sulcus
- Internal occipital protuberance (summit of cruciate eminence)
- Transverse sulcus
- Internal occipital crest (lower part of cruciate eminence)
- Foramen magnum
- Transverse sulcus
- Jugular process
- Jugular incisure
- Tubercle for attachment of alar ligament
- Jugular tubercle
- Clivus
- Basilar part
- Superior occipital fossa
- Lambdoidal margin
- Inferior occipital fossa
- Lateral angle
- Mastoid margin
- Condyloid canal
- Lateral part
- Intrajugular process
- Inferior petrous sulcus