Basion

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Basion
Occipital bone at birth. (Basion visible but not labeled.)
Gray's subject #46 181
Dorlands/Elsevier b_05/12179057

The basion is part of the human body's musculoskeletal system and is located on the skull. Anatomically it can be identified as the mid-point on the anterior margin of the foramen magnum on the occipital bone.

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