Tags: Anatomical Structure, Bone.

Behind either condyle of the lateral parts of occipital bone is a depression the condyloid fossa (or condylar fossa) which receives the posterior margin of the superior facet of the atlas when the head is bent backward; the floor of this fossa is sometimes perforated by the condyloid canal through which an emissary vein passes from the transverse sinus.

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