| 1. | The occipital bone articulates with the atlas near the foramen magnum.
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| 2. | The foramen magnum migrated under the skull and more anterior.
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| 3. | The foramen magnum is much larger than the occipital condyle.
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| 4. | The occipital condyle is wider than the foramen magnum.
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| 5. | In most higher vertebrates, the foramen magnum is surrounded by a ring of four bones.
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| 6. | It is smooth and subtriangular, its apex directed posteriorly and it ends at the foramen magnum.
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| 7. | Diseases associated with mutation in the RICTOR gene include foramen magnum meningioma, syringomyelia, and batman.
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| 8. | Other uncommon locations are the lateral ventricle, foramen magnum, and the orbit / optic nerve sheath.
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| 9. | The next day he noticed another picularly the foramen magnum was at the bottom of the skull indicating bipedalism.
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| 10. | The spinal cord and the brain stem are joined at the base of the cranium at the foramen magnum.
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