Internal occipital protuberance

Internal occipital protuberance
Position of internal occipital protuberance (shown in red). Parietal bones removed.
Occipital bone. Inner surface. (Internal occipital protuberance visible at center, at the center of the horizontal and vertical lines.)
Details
Identifiers
Latin	protuberantia occipitalis interna
Dorlands /Elsevier	p_38/12673898
TA	A02.1.04.029
FMA	75755
Anatomical terms of bone []

Along the internal surface of the occipital bone, at the point of intersection of the four divisions of the cruciform eminence is the internal occipital protuberance. Running transversely on either side is a groove for the transverse sinus.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)