%0 Journal Article
%T Interparietal (Inca) bone: a case report
%A Udupi S
%A Srinivasan JK
%J International Journal of Anatomical Variations
%D 2011
%I International Journal of Anatomical Variations
%X The squamous part of occipital bone consists of two parts, supraoccipital and interparietal. The interparietal portion ossifies intramembranously and in rare cases may be separated from the supraoccipital part by a suture. It is then called as the interparietal or Inca bone. The occurrence of Inca variable is rare in humans. The authors here report a case of true interparietal or Inca bone in adult human skull. Knowledge of Inca ossicles in human skulls may be useful to neurosurgeons orthopedic surgeons, anthropologists, radiologists and forensic experts.
%K interparietal bone
%K supraoccipital bone
%K occipital bone
%K intramembranous ossification
%K Inca bone
%U http://www.ijav.org/2011/ijav_2011_090-092.pdf