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POSTERIOR ASPECT OF SKULL - ANATOMICAL FEATURES

• parietal bone
  

• parietal foramen
  

• sagittal suture

• ±sutural bone(s)

• lambdoid suture

• ±sutural bone(s)
  

• parietomastoid suture
  

• occipital bone
  

• squamous part
  

• planum occipitale
• highest nuchal line
• external occipital protuberance = inion
• planum nuchale
• median nuchal line = external occipital crest
• superior nuchal line
• inferior nuchal line
  

• occipitomastoid suture
  

• temporal bone

• mastoid process
• mastoid notch
• mastoid foramen