Inion
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| Bone: Inion | |
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| Side view of head, showing surface relations of bones. (Inion visible at center right.) | |
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| Occipital bone. Outer surface. (External occipital protuberance visible at top center.) | |
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The inion is the most prominent projection of the occipital bone at the posterioinferior (lower rear) part of the skull. The ligamentum nuchae and trapezius muscle attach to it.
The term external occipital protuberance (protuberantia occipitalis externa) is sometimes used as a synonym, but more precisely the term "inion" refers to the highest point of the external occipital protuberance.
[edit] Etymology
The word "inion" is the Greek word for the occipital bone.
[edit] Additional images
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Base of skull. Inferior surface.
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Relations of the brain and middle meningeal artery to the surface of the skull.
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