external, occipital, crest, external, occipital, crest, part, external, surface, squamous, part, occipital, bone, ridge, along, midline, beginning, external, occipital, protuberance, descending, foramen, magnum, that, gives, attachment, nuchal, ligament, also,. 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 1 It is also called the median nuchal line 2 External occipital crestSkull seen from belowDetailsIdentifiersLatincrista occipitalis externaTA98A02 1 04 023TA2569FMA75753Anatomical terminology edit on Wikidata References edit Halim A 2008 Anatomy regional and clinical for dental students New Delhi I K International Publishing House p 12 ISBN 978 8190656658 Medical Definition of OCCIPITAL CREST www merriam webster com External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to External occipital crest nbsp This human musculoskeletal system article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title External occipital crest amp oldid 988087777, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
