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Acta Medica Medianae
Vol. 42
No 2, April, 2003
UDK 61
YU ISSN 0365-4478

 



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PARACONDYLARY CANAL AT THE HUMAN CRANIAL BASE

Ljiljana Vasovic, Slobodan Vlajkovic, Snezana Pavlovic and Vesna Stojanovic

Institut za anatomiju Medicinskog fakulteta u Nišu

    A variable bony canal in 32,5% of the cases, laterally from the occipital condyle named as the "paracondylary canal" that is probably intended for the emissary vein passage is described in the paper.
The presented morphological characteristics as well as an important canal incidence are innovation in the referental literature. Acta Medica Medianae 2003; 42 (2): 27-29.


Key words: variable canal, occipital bone