Internal occipital crest
Human skull side view (parietal bones removed). Position of internal occipital crest shown in red.
Occipital bone. Inner surface. (Position of internal occipital crest labeled asoccipital sinus at center.)
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Identifiers
Latin	crista occipitalis interna
TA98	A02.1.04.030
TA2	576
FMA	75043
Anatomical terms of bone [edit on Wikidata]

In theoccipital bone, the lower division of thecruciate eminence is prominent, and is named theinternal occipital crest; it bifurcates near theforamen magnum and gives attachment to thefalx cerebelli; in the attached margin of this falx is theoccipital sinus, which is sometimes duplicated.

In the upper part of the internal occipital crest, a small depression is sometimes distinguishable; it is termed the vermian fossa since it is occupied by part of thecerebellar vermis of thecerebellum.

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  Position of internal occipital crest (shown in red). Animation.
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  Base of the skull. Internal occipital crest shown in red.
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  Base of the skull. Upper surface. (Internal occipital crest visible belowforamen magnum.)
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  Base of the skull. Internal occipital crest labelled at bottom.

This article incorporates text in thepublic domain frompage 131 of the 20th edition ofGray's Anatomy(1918)

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