Landmark · Skeletal system
Superior nuchal line
Linea nuchalis superior
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Head
- Landmark on
- Occipital bone
DescriptionUnreviewed
Transversal crest at the level of the external occipital protuberance.
From there to the supreme nuchal line, insertion of the trapezius muscle.
Feneis 26.24
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Names
- Latin
- Linea nuchalis superior
- English
- Superior nuchal line
- French
- Ligne nuchale supérieure
- Spanish
- Línea nucal superior
- Portuguese
- Linha nucal superior