Condyloid fossa























Condyloid fossa

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Occipital bone. Outer surface. (Condyloid fossa visible but not labeled.)


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Skull and cervical vertebra. Position of condyloid fossa shown in red.

Details
Identifiers
Latin Fossa condylaris
TA A02.1.04.017
FMA 75310

Anatomical terms of bone
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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.




Contents






  • 1 Additional images


  • 2 See also


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Additional images




See also



  • Occipital condyle

  • Atlas



References


This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 131 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)



External links






  • Illustration (#22)















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