THE SKULL THE CRANIUM 



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gastric (Fig. 112) to the lower edge of the jugular process, the obliquus 

 capitis lateralis to its external surface, and the following to the external 

 surface of the occipital plate in the order named from above downward : 

 the cephalo-humeral, the rhomboideus capitis, the splenius, the bi- 

 venter cervicis, the complexus, and the rectus capitis posticus major 

 and minor. 



VABIATIONS IN THE OCCIPITAL BONE. 

 VARIATIONS IN SIZE. 



