[Morphometric characteristic of the basilar part of occipital bone in different forms of the skull].

140 preparations of the skull base and 97 preparations of the skull sagittal saw cuts were used to study the craniometric characteristics of the basilar part of the occipital bone. The dependence of craniometric characteristics on sex and form of the cerebral cranium was tested. Correlations between these parameters were determined. It was found that the occipital bone parameters studied have no significant sex differences, however the correlation was found between the width parameters of basilar part of occipital bone at the outer and inner cranial base. The data obtained should be taken into consideration during planning and fulfilling the transclival surgical procedures.