"occipital condyles: articulate with the atlas (C1), permitting flexion and extension (nodding) with minimal lateral flexion. No rotation occurs at the atlanto-occipital joint."
"Occiput is a noun referring to the back of the head, it is not a synonym for the occipital bone. The occipital bone is also known as "C0" because it joins the skull to the first cervical vertebra or C1, forming the atlantooccipital joint."
"Kerckring ossicle/process"
"Kerckring supraoccipital synchondrosis (between Kerckring ossicle and supraoccipital portions)"
"Mendosal suture (remnant of the transverse occipital suture between interparietal and supraoccipital portions)"
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"Terminology"
"cruciate eminence divides the region into four fossa; the upper two contain the occipital lobes while the lower two contain the cerebellar hemispheres"
"posterior intraoccipital synchondrosis (innominate synchondrosis; between supraoccipital and exoccipital portions)"
"anterior intraoccipital synchondrosis (basiexoccipital synchondrosis; between basioccipital and exoccipital portions)"