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Anatomy Atlases: Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus V: Skeletal Systems: Vermian Fossa

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus V: Skeletal Systems

Vermian Fossa

Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD

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View of the posterior portion of the cranial cavity. The vermian fossa is a depression, varying in size, near the lower part of the internal occipital crest which lodges part of the inferior vermis of the cerebellum.

From Toldt, C. An Atlas of Human Anatomy for Students and Physicians,2nd Ed., Vol. 1. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1928.

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