Anatomy & Physiology Occipital bone
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Occipital bone
cranial bone located posteriorly contains the posterior cranial fossa
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foramen magnum
a large hole at the base of the occipital bone where the spinal cord passes through
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Occipital Condyles
Anterior & lateral to the foramen magnum, forming the atlanto-occipital joint with the first atlas vertebrae
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Hypoglossal canal
a passageway at the anterolateral edge of each condyle which a cranial nerve passes through
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superior &inferior nuchal lines.
2 prominent horizontal ridges on the occipital bone’s posterior surface
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external occipital protuberance
a bump on the exact midline of the superior nuchal line
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