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  2. Nuchal ligament - Wikipedia

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    The nuchal ligament is unusual in being a ligament with an elastic component, allowing for stretch. [5] Structurally, the nuchal ligament is formed with the association of both elastin proteins as well as type III collagen (45%). The collagen fibrils share a consistent size as well as helical pattern which gives the ligament its tensile ...

  3. Supraspinous ligament - Wikipedia

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    The supraspinous ligament connects the tips of the spinous processes from the seventh cervical vertebra to the sacrum. [1] Superior to the 7th cervical vertebra, the supraspinous ligament is continuous with the nuchal ligament .

  4. Rhomboid minor muscle - Wikipedia

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    In human anatomy, the rhomboid minor is a small skeletal muscle of the back that connects the scapula to the vertebrae of the spinal column. [1] It arises from the nuchal ligament, and the 7th cervical and 1st thoracic vertebrae and intervening supraspinous ligaments; it inserts onto the medial border of the scapula.

  5. Nuchal fascia - Wikipedia

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    The nuchal fascia is a fascia covering the autochthonous musculature of the neck as a part of the cervical fascia.It proceeds the thoracolumbar fascia to the top (cranial). ). The fascia itself is made of two parts: A superficial layer (lat.: Fascia nuchae superficialis) and a deeper layer that is located among the Trapezius muscle and that sheaths the deeper cervical musculature from dorsal s

  6. Posterior longitudinal ligament - Wikipedia

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    The ligament gradually grows narrower inferiorly. [2] The ligament is thicker in the thoracic than in the cervical and lumbar regions. In the thoracic and lumbar regions, it presents a series of dentations with intervening concave margins. [citation needed] The posterior longitudinal ligament is generally quite wide and thin, [1] and has ...

  7. List of skeletal muscles of the human body - Wikipedia

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    down midline, external occipital protuberance, nuchal ligament, medial part of superior nuchal line, spinous processes of vertebrae C7-T12: at shoulders, lateral third of clavicle, acromion of scapula, spine of scapula: transverse cervical artery: motor: accessory nerve [CNXI] sensory: cervical nerves C3 and C4. retracts and elevates scapula ...

  8. Interspinous ligament - Wikipedia

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    They meet the ligamenta flava anteriorly, [4] [better source needed] and blend with the supraspinous ligament [3] posteriorly at the apexes of the spinal processes. The function of the interspinous ligaments is to limit ventral flexion of the spine and sliding movement of the vertebrae. [5] The ligaments are narrow and elongated in the thoracic ...

  9. Squamous part of occipital bone - Wikipedia

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    The upper, often faintly marked, is named the highest nuchal line, and to it the epicranial aponeurosis is attached. The lower is termed the superior nuchal line. That area of the squamous part, which lies above the highest nuchal lines is named the occipital plane (planum occipitale) and is covered by the occipitalis muscle.