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Seen from below, the foramen magnum is oval in shape, but its outline is encroached 

 upon (Fig. 169) in its front half by the inner margins of the articular condyles ; other- 



by saufrom SfJienoioi . 



falforcove for infer/or pttro&l 

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FIG. 169. Occipital bone. A., basi-occiput in relation with roof of naso-pharynx. 



wise the margin is thin, giving attachment to anterior and posterior occipito-atloid 

 ligaments and to the capsule on each side of the condylar projection. 



There is often a small bony point in the middle line on the front margin, that marks 

 the attachment of the middle occipito-odontoid ligament. 



The condyles, convex from before backwards but twisted on their long axis, look 



