Condyloid fossa
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Condyloid fossa | |
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Occipital bone. Outer surface. (Condyloid fossa visible but not labeled.) | |
Skull and cervical vertebra. Position of condyloid fossa shown in red. | |
Latin | Fossa condylaris |
Gray's | p.131 |
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.
Additional images
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Human skull seen from below. Position of condyloid fossa shown in red.
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Skull and cervical vertebra. Position of condyloid fossa shown in red.
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X-ray of cervical spine (neck) in flexion and extension (bending backwards)
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