Mesorat%20hashas for Oholot 3:6

כַּזַּיִת מִן הַמֵּת, פִּתְחוֹ בְטֶפַח, וְהַמֵּת, פִּתְחוֹ בְאַרְבָּעָה טְפָחִים, לְהַצִּיל הַטֻּמְאָה עַל הַפְּתָחִים. אֲבָל לְהוֹצִיא הַטֻּמְאָה, בְּפוֹתֵחַ טֶפַח. גָּדוֹל מִכַּזַּיִת, כַּמֵּת. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, הַשִּׁדְרָה וְהַגֻּלְגֹּלֶת, כַּמֵּת:

An olive-sized piece of a corpse, an opening [in the room in which it is found] of one handbreadth, and for a corpse, an opening of four handbreadths [is enough] to save the impurity from [spreading to the other] openings; But for the impurity to go out, a handbreadth's space [is enough]. Greater than the bulk of an olive is [considered] like a corpse. Rabbi Yose says: the spine and the skull are [considered] like a corpse.

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