The superior border is thin, bevelled at the expense of the internal surface, so as .to overlap the lower border of the parietal bone, forming the squamous suture. The position and size of this foramen are very variable. It is not always present; sometimes it is situated in the occipital bone or in the suture between the temporal and the occipital.
The mastoid portion is continued below into a conical projection, the mastoid process, the size and form of which vary somewhat. This process serves for the attachment of the Sterno-mastoid, ~Jllenius capitis, and 'rl'achelo-mastoid muscles. On the inner side of the mastoid process is a deep groove, the digastric fossa, for the attachment of the Diga"tric muscle; and, running parallel with it, but more internal, the occipital gronee. which lodges the occipital artery.
The mastoid portion is continued below into a conical projection, the mastoid process, the size and form of which vary somewhat. This process serves for the attachment of the Sterno-mastoid, ~Jllenius capitis, and 'rl'achelo-mastoid muscles. On the inner side of the mastoid process is a deep groove, the digastric fossa, for the attachment of the Diga"tric muscle; and, running parallel with it, but more internal, the occipital gronee. which lodges the occipital artery.
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