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Lateral view of occiput, cervical spine, and nuchal ligament

Lateral view of occiput, cervical spine, and nuchal ligament — Head & neck muscles
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After Sobotta's Atlas of Human Anatomy (1906-1911); modernized for Neuro.Wiki

About this plate

Lateral view of occiput, cervical spine, and nuchal ligament. Lateral view of the vertebral column.

Region
vertebral column
Structure
cervical vertebra
View
lateral
System
muscle, bone, joint
Focus
cervical vertebrae, suboccipital-cervical muscles, nuchal ligament, occipital bone

Structures labelled on this plate

  • External occipital protuberance
  • Occipital bone (basilar portion)
  • Atlas
  • Epistropheus
  • Nuchal ligament
  • Interspinales
  • Intertransversarii anteriores
  • Intertransversarii posteriores
  • Spinous process of cervical vertebra VII

Source: After Sobotta's Atlas of Human Anatomy (1906-1911). Public domain (Sobotta's Atlas of Human Anatomy, 1906-1911), modernized rendering.