Research Article
Occipital Emissary Foramina in South Indian Modern Human Skulls
Table 2
Location of occipital emissary foramina in different populations.
| Study () | 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 |
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FM: foramen magnum (posterior border), EOC: External Occipital Crest, EOP: External Occipital Protuberance.
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