Bone Occipital

The occipital bone is the third paired bone of the human head. Together with the parietal, it forms the posterior base of the skull. Located immediately behind the first cervical vertebra (or first cervical disc, atlas). Consists of a body and two condyles. The skull of the anterior part of the occipital bone ends with the crown, and the posterior part ends with the occiput and three condyles. Their relationship to each other is the same as that of the parietal bones - it is a paired joint. Thus, the posterior part of the neck is covered with a bone capsule on seven sides: the arch of the lower jaw, the transverse process of the fifth cervical vertebra, the basilar part of the occipital, the bodies of the first and