Occipitomastoid suture

Occipitomastoid suture
Occipitomastoid suture (red)
Side view of the skull. Occipitomastoid suture labeled at bottom.
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Latin	sutura occipitomastoidea
TA	A03.1.02.005
FMA	52934
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

The occipitomastoid suture is the cranial suture between the occipital bone and the mastoid portion of the temporal bone.

It is continuous with the lambdoidal suture.

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Fibrous joints of the human skull

Syndesmosis	Pterygospinous ligament Stylohyoid ligament

Sutures	Involving the frontal bone frontoethmoidal suture frontal suture coronal suture occipitomastoid lambdoid sagittal Involving the sphenoid bone sphenoethmoidal with frontal bone with parietal bone sphenosquamosal Involving the Petrous part of the temporal bone sphenopetrosal petrosquamous squamosal Facial: palatomaxillary suture Involving the zygomatic process with sphenoid bone with temporal bone with frontal bone

Mouth	Gomphosis Periodontal fiber Periodontium Dental alveolus Gingiva Cementum

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