Landmark · Skeletal system
Occipital border of parietal bone
Margo occipitalis ossis parietalis
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Head
- Side
- Right
- Landmark on
- Parietal bone
DescriptionUnreviewed
The occipital border, deeply denticulated (finely toothed), articulates with the occipital bone, forming half of the lambdoid suture.
That point where the sagittal suture intersects the lambdoid suture is called the lambda, because of its resemblance to the Greek letter.
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Names
- Latin
- Margo occipitalis ossis parietalis
- English
- Occipital border of parietal bone
- French
- Bord occipital de l'os pariétal
- Spanish
- Margen occipital del hueso parietal
- Portuguese
- Borda occipital do osso parietal