Squamous part of occipital bone | |
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![]() Human skull seen from above (parietal bones removed). Squamous part is shown in red. | |
![]() Occipital bone at birth, seen from below. (Squamous part is top half, portion above foramen magnum, shown in yellow.) | |
Details | |
Identifiers | |
Latin | squama occipitalis |
TA98 | A02.1.04.010 |
TA2 | 565 |
FMA | 52860 |
Anatomical terms of bone |
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.