THE SKULL AND THE BONES OF THE SKULL 



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Occipital plane 



Tabular portion, or supra-occipital 



Squama occipitalis 



Highest curved line 

 Linea nuchae suprema 



Nuchal plane v 

 .B 



Superior curved line 

 Linea nuchoe superior 



'Sutura mendosa (var.) 1 



Inferior curved line 



Linea nuchae inferior 



Lambdold border 



Margo lambdoideus 



-External occipital pro- 

 tuberance 



Protuberantia occipi- 

 talis externa 



External occipital crest 

 Crista occipitalis externa 



Mastoid border 



Margo mastoideus 

 Posterior condylar foramen 

 Canalis condyloideus 

 Posterior condylar fossa 

 Fossa condyloidea 



Occipital condyle / 



Condylus occipitalis 

 Basilar portion or process, or basi-occipital 

 Pars basilaris 



Anterior condylar foramen 



Canalis hypoglossi 



Foramen magnum 



Foramen occipitale magnum 



1 See foot-note to p. 57. 



FIG. in. POSTERIOR (EXTERNAL) ASPECT OF THE OCCIPITAL BONE. 



Os occipitale The occipital bone. 



