Squamous part of occipital bone

Squamous part of occipital bone
Human skull seen from above (parietal bones removed). Squamous part is shown in red.
Occipital bone at birth, seen from below. (Squamous part is top half, portion above foramen magnum, shown in yellow.)
Details
Identifiers
Latinsquama occipitalis
TA98A02.1.04.010
TA2565
FMA52860
Anatomical terms of bone

The squamous part of occipital bone is situated above and behind the foramen magnum, and is curved from above downward and from side to side.