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Condyloid fossa

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Latin
  
Fossa condylaris

FMA
  
75310

TA
  
A02.1.04.017

Condyloid fossa

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.

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Condyloid fossa Wikipedia


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