Occipital Emissary Foramina in South Indian Modern Human Skulls

Table 2

Location of occipital emissary foramina in different populations.

Study (𝑛)	Right of EOC	Left of EOC	On the EOC	Bilateral	Near FM	Near EOP
Present study (21)	06	10	02	03	20	01
Boyd (24) [7]	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	24
Sharma et al. (1) [8]	Nil	Nil	01	Nil	01	Nil
Premsagar et al. (07) [4]	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	07	Nil
Gozil et al. (8) [5]	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	08	Nil
Hossain et al. (21) [6]	10	07	04	Nil	21	Nil

FM: foramen magnum (posterior border), EOC: External Occipital Crest, EOP: External Occipital Protuberance.