Occipitomastoid suture
Occipitomastoid suture (red)
Side view of the skull. Occipitomastoid suture labeled at bottom.
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Latin	sutura occipitomastoidea
TA98	A03.1.02.005
TA2	1578
FMA	52934
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

Theoccipitomastoid suture, oroccipitotemporal suture, is thecranial suture between theoccipital bone and themastoid portion of thetemporal bone.

It is continuous with thelambdoidal suture.

• Jugular foramen

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  Animation. Occipitomastoid suture shown in red.
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  Temporal bones andoccipital bone, seen from inside.
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  Base of skull. Inferior surface.
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  Base of skull. Inferior surface.

This article incorporates text in thepublic domain frompage 183 of the 20th edition ofGray's Anatomy(1918)

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