![Mastoid Border of Occipital Bone (Left)](https://cdn.3d4medical.com/complete_anatomy-userdata/video-sticky/8a/94abaa444b.webp?fm=webp&w=738&q=75)
Description
The mastoid borders (mastoid margins) are the two laterally located margins of the occipital bone. On their corresponding sides, each mastoid border of occipital bone:
—extends anteroinferiorly from the lateral angle to the jugular process;
—articulates with the occipital border of the mastoid part of temporal bone, forming an occipitomastoid suture.
Related parts of the anatomy
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