Internal occipital protuberance
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| Name = Internal occipital protuberance
| Latin = protuberantia occipitalis interna
| Image = File:Internal occipital protuberance3.png
| Width = 160
| Caption = Position of internal occipital protuberance (shown in red). Parietal bones removed.
| Image2 = File:Gray130 - Internal occipital protuberance.png
| Caption2 = Occipital bone. Inner surface. (Internal occipital protuberance visible at center, at the center of the horizontal and vertical lines.)
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Along the internal surface of the occipital bone, at the point of intersection of the four divisions of the cruciform eminence, is the internal occipital protuberance. Running transversely on either side is a groove for the transverse sinus.
Additional images
{{Gallery|File:Internal occipital protuberance - animation2.gif|Human skull. Internal occipital protuberance shown in red. Parietal bones and temporal bones are removed.
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See also
References
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External links
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- {{cite web|url=http://www.tk.de/rochelexikon/pics/s34257.000-2.html |title=Anatomy diagram: 34257.000-2 |work=Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator |publisher=Elsevier |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622050647/http://www.tk.de/rochelexikon/pics/s34257.000-2.html |archivedate=2013-06-22 |url-status=dead }}
- [http://www.uni-mainz.de/FB/Medizin/Anatomie/makro1/o29i.htm Diagram at uni-mainz.de] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080328122111/http://www.uni-mainz.de/FB/Medizin/Anatomie/makro1/o29i.htm |date=2008-03-28 }}
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Category:Bones of the head and neck
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