Basilar Joint

The sphenobasilar joint is also called the sphenobasilar synchondrosis. The cranial pattern is named a right torsion lesion because the sphenoid maintains its orientation while the occiput sidebends back to the right. Understanding cranial strain patterns requires examining coordinated occiput and sphenoid motion. The torsion in this cranial pattern occurs at the sphenobasilar joint. Cranial strains occur predominantly at the basilar joint. The basilar joint is the focal area for interpreting cranial strain patterns.