Jugular process
| Jugular process | |
|---|---|
 Human skull seen from above. Jugular process shown in red. | |
 Occipital bone. Inner surface. Jugular process shown in red. | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | Processus jugularis ossis occipitalis |
| TA98 | A02.1.04.020 |
| TA2 | 563 |
| FMA | 75750 |
| Anatomical terms of bone | |
In the lateral part of the occipital bone, extending lateralward from the posterior half of the condyle is a quadrilateral or triangular plate of bone, the jugular process, excavated in front by the jugular notch, which, in the articulated skull, forms the posterior part of the jugular foramen. The lateral side is divided from the medial side by the intrajugular process of occipital bone.
It serves as the insertion of the rectus capitis lateralis.
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 131 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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