Jugular process

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.

It serves as the insertion of the rectus capitus lateralis.

Additional images

Base of the skull, upper surface. Position of jugular process shown in red (parietal bones removed).  Occipital bone. Jugular process shown in red.  Occipital bone. Outer surface. (Jugular process visible at lower left.)  Base of the skull. Upper surface. (Jugular process not labeled, but occipital bone is identified in blue at the bottom, and jugular process is at upper right of occipital bone.) Base of the skull. Upper surface. (Jugular process not labeled, but occipital bone is identified in blue at the bottom, and jugular process is at upper right of occipital bone.)  The anterior vertebral muscles.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

• Anatomy diagram: 34257.000-2 at Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, Elsevier