Cruciform eminence

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Bone: Cruciform eminence
Occipital bone. Inner surface.
Latin eminentia cruciformis
Gray's subject #31 130

The internal surface of the occipital bone is deeply concave and divided into four fossæ by a cruciform eminence ( or cruciate eminence).

At the point of intersection of the four divisions of the cruciate eminence is the internal occipital protuberance.

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