Opisthion

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Opisthion
Occipital bone at birth. (Opisthion visible but not labeled.)
Gray's subject #46 181
MeSH o_05
Dorlands/Elsevier b_05/12179057

On the occipital bone, the mid-point on the posterior margin of the foramen magnum is termed the opisthion.

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