Landmark · Skeletal system
Condylar fossa
Fossa condylaris
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Head
- Landmark on
- Occipital bone
DescriptionUnreviewed
Behind either condyle of the lateral parts of occipital bone is a depression, the condyloid fossa (or condylar fossa), which receives the posterior margin of the superior facet of the atlas when the head is bent backward; the floor of this fossa is sometimes perforated by the condyloid canal, through which an emissary vein passes from the transverse sinus.
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Names
- Latin
- Fossa condylaris
- English
- Condylar fossa
- French
- Fosse condylaire
- Spanish
- Fosa condilar
- Portuguese
- Fossa condilar