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Description[edit | edit source]

Structure[edit | edit source]

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Function[edit | edit source]

Articulations[edit | edit source]

The occipital bone articulate with six bones:

  • Two temporal bones
  • Two parietal bones
  • Sphenoid bone
  • Atlas

Muscle attachments[edit | edit source]

Superior curved line: Occipito frontalis; Trapezius; Sternocleidomastoid

Space between the curved lines: Complexus; Splenius capitis; Obliquus superior

Inferior curved line and space between it and the foramen magnum: Rectus posticus major and minor

Transverse process: Rectus lateralis

Basilar process: Rectus antics major and minor; Superior constrictor of pharynx[1]

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References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Gray H, Anatomy, descriptive and surgical, 8th edition, Philadelphia, Collins, June, 1878
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