Basilar part of occipital bone
Section of the main skull bone that extends forward and upward / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The basilar part of the occipital bone (also basioccipital) extends forward and upward from the foramen magnum, and presents in front an area more or less quadrilateral in outline.
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Basilar part of occipital bone | |
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Latin | pars basilaris ossis occipitalis |
TA98 | A02.1.04.005 |
TA2 | 554 |
FMA | 52858 |
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In the young skull, this area is rough and uneven, and is joined to the body of the sphenoid by a plate of cartilage.
By the twenty-fifth year, this cartilaginous plate is ossified, and the occipital and sphenoid form a continuous bone.