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Theoccipitalbonearticulates with the atlas near the foramen magnum.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Occasionally, they extend into the basilar part of theoccipitalbonenearly as far as the foramen magnum.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Theoccipitalboneis part of the endocranium, the most basal portion of the skull.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Only a part of theoccipitalbonewas found.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Posteriorly it is enclosed by theoccipitalbone.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The skull vault consists of a pair of frontal bones, a pair of parietal bones and oneoccipitalbone.
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Apparently, the flesh had been stripped from the head before its deposition in the chamber, and probably before the blow that halved theoccipitalbone.
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In humans, the vertex is formed by four bones of the skull: the frontal bone, the two parietal bones, and theoccipitalbone.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.To reduce the stretch of the temporalis muscle around the immovable process, machairodonts evolved a skull with a more verticaloccipitalbone.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The name is a misnomer, as they are not associated with theoccipitalbone.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The former involve theoccipitalbone, temporal bone, and portions of the sphenoid bone; the latter, superior portions of the sphenoid and ethmoid bones.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Its medial half is marked by a sulcus, which forms, with a corresponding sulcus on theoccipitalbone, the channel for the inferior petrosal sinus.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, technically theoccipitalboneextends right down the back of the head to where it articulates with the neck.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, in some individuals this portion remains separate from the rest of theoccipitalbonethroughout life.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Theoccipitalboneof the skull and the auditory capsule are not connected.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These are the atlanto-occipital joint between the atlas and theoccipitalbone, and the atlanto-axial joint between the atlas and the axis.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The calvaria (skullcap) is made up of the superior portions of the frontal bone,occipitalbone, and parietal bones.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It passes superiorly and posteriorly to insert into the lateral half of the inferior nuchal line on the external surface of theoccipitalbone.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is situated in the middle of the skull towards the front, in front of the temporal bone and basilar part of theoccipitalbone.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Lateral parts ofoccipitalboneshown in red.
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