Occipital bone
- Type
- Bone
- Japanese
- 後頭骨
- Reading
- こうとうこつ
- English
- Occipital bone
- Latin
- Os occipitale
Connections
Connected by
Articulates with
Muscles inserting here
Muscles arising here
Articles
A dedicated article on this structure is in preparation.
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- Rectus capitis posterior major and minor: origin, action
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