Landmark · Skeletal system
(External occipital crest)
(Crista occipitalis externa)
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Head
- Landmark on
- Occipital bone
DescriptionUnreviewed
The external occipital crest is part of the external surface of the squamous part of the occipital bone.
It is a ridge along the midline, beginning at the external occipital protuberance and descending to the foramen magnum, that gives attachment to the nuchal ligament.
It is also called the median nuchal line.
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Names
- Latin
- (Crista occipitalis externa)
- English
- (External occipital crest)
- French
- (Crête occipitale externe)
- Spanish
- (Cresta occipital externa)
- Portuguese
- (Crista occipital externa)