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NUCHAL LIGAMENT

A sagittal ligamentous band at the back of the neck, formed of thickened supraspinous ligaments; it extends from the outside occipital protuberance to the posterior border of the foramen magnum, cranially, to the seventh cervical spinous process, caudally. Synonym: apparatus ligamentosus colli, nuchal ligament.
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