Cruciform eminence
Human skull. Position of cruciform eminence is shown in red.
Occipital bone. Inner surface.
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Identifiers
Latin	eminentia cruciformis
TA98	A02.1.04.028
TA2	574
FMA	75754
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Thecruciform eminence (orcruciate eminence) divides the deeply concave internal surface of theoccipital bone into fourfossae:

• The upper two fossae are called thecerebral fossae, are triangular and lodge theoccipital lobes of thecerebrum.
• The lower two are called thecerebellar fossae, are quadrilateral and accommodate the hemispheres of thecerebellum.

The upper fossae are separated from the lower fossae by agroove for thetransverse sinuses. At the point of intersection between all four fossae is theinternal occipital protuberance.

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  Cerebral fossa (shown in red)
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  Cerebellar fossa (shown in red)

This article incorporates text in thepublic domain frompage 130 of the 20th edition ofGray's Anatomy(1918)

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