Occipitomastoid suture

Occipitomastoid suture
Side view of the skull. (Occipitomastoid suture identified with arrow.)
Base of skull. Inferior surface.
Latin sutura occipitomastoidea
Gray's subject #46 183

The occipitomastoid suture is the cranial suture between the occipital bone and the mastoid portion of the temporal bone.

It is continuous with the lambdoidal suture.

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