Landmark · Skeletal system
Squamous part of occipital bone
Squama occipitalis
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Head
- Landmark on
- Occipital bone
DescriptionUnreviewed
The squamous part of occipital bone, is situated above and behind the foramen magnum, and is curved from above downward and from side to side.
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Names
- Latin
- Squama occipitalis
- English
- Squamous part of occipital bone
- French
- Ecaille de l'os occipital
- Spanish
- Escama del hueso occipital
- Portuguese
- Parte escamosa do osso occipital