Occipitomastoid suture

Occipitomastoid suture
Occipitomastoid suture
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Side view of the skull. (Occipitomastoid suture identified with arrow.)
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Base of skull. Inferior surface.
Latin sutura occipitomastoidea
Gray's subject #46 183

The occipitomastoid suture is the cranial suture between the occipital bone and the mastoid portion of the temporal bone.

It is continuous with the lambdoidal suture.

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This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.

v · d · eBones of head and neck, joints: cranial fibrous joints (A03.1.01–03, GA 2.178–199)
Cranial syndesmoses
Pterygospinous ligament · Stylohyoid ligament
Cranial sutures

Cranial: frontoethmoidal · frontal or metopic (frontal/frontal) · coronal (frontal/parietal) · occipitomastoid (occipital/temporal) · lambdoid (parietal/temporal) · sagittal (parietal/parietal) · sphenoethmoidal · sphenofrontal · sphenoparietal · sphenosquamosal (sphenoid/temporal) · sphenopetrosal (sphenoid/temporal) · squamosal (temporal/parietal) · petrosquamous (temporal/temporal)
Facial: palatomaxillary suture · Sutura embryonica · Sutura embryonica accessoria

Cranial–facial: sphenozygomatic · zygomaticotemporal · zygomaticofrontal
Dento-alveolar syndesmosis
Gomphosis: Periodontal fiber · Periodontium · Dental alveolus · Gingiva · Cementum
Synostoses
Synostosis vomerina · Synostosis mandibularis · Synostosis frontalis · Synostosis petrosquamosa · Synostosis incisiva

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