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Occipital condyles: magnified reference view with a numbered learning marker. The complete original plate is available in the next view.
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Occipital condyles

Paired convex articular surfaces beside foramen magnum. Part of occipital bone. Articulate with atlas.

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Occipital condyles: magnified reference view with a numbered learning marker. The complete original plate is available in the next view.

Image: OpenStax College / university open textbook · Source / original · CC BY 4.0

Numbered markers and focused views are Mediveerse learning overlays; the original reference is linked above.

Occipital condyles

Skull-base landmarks

Occipital condyles

STRUCTURE & FUNCTION

Understand what you see.

Paired convex articular surfaces beside foramen magnum.

Zoom into the original labels. Practise pointing out each structure, then explain it aloud. Diagrams are teaching references; specimen appearance and slide staining vary.

01 / IDENTIFICATION

How to recognise it.

  1. Paired convex articular surfaces beside foramen magnum
  2. Part of occipital bone
  3. Articulate with atlas
02 / KEY STRUCTURES

Point them out.

Tap a number to open its reference, zoom in and locate the structure. Numbers stay the same across views. This key follows landmarks visible in the reference images.

Related features & study points (1)

Additional relations, attachments or microscopic details to revise alongside this plate. These are separate from its numbered image landmarks.

  • Atlas lateral masses
03 / VIVA PRACTICE

Think first. Then reveal.

Say your answer aloud before opening the suggested response.

Examiner-style prompts: identify the structure, explain its relations, then answer the applied follow-up. These are revision questions, not authenticated past papers.

01Identify occipital condyles and justify your identification.
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Paired convex articular surfaces beside foramen magnum. Part of occipital bone. Articulate with atlas.

02What joints do these form?
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Atlanto-occipital synovial joints with the atlas.

03Which joint is the main site for head rotation?
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Rotation occurs mainly at the atlanto-axial joints, rather than the atlanto-occipital joints.

Read the references.

Credited anatomical plates, microscopy and university teaching references. Individual image credits appear below the viewer. Historical plates can use older terminology; use the lesson text for current names.