The occipitomastoid suture or occipitotemporal suture is the cranial suture between the occipital bone and the mastoid portion of the temporal bone.

It is continuous with the lambdoidal suture.

• Jugular foramen

• Animation. Occipitomastoid suture shown in red.
• Temporal bones and occipital bone, seen from inside.
• Base of skull. Inferior surface.
• Base of skull. Inferior surface.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 183 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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