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nuchal ligament

Identification
Official Latin term ligamentum nuchae
Official term nuchal ligament
Unit identifier TAH:U1378
Unit type single
Materiality material
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Link to the unit nuchal ligament
Links of entity generic: nuchal ligament
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Partonomic links Level 2: joints of vertebral column Short Extended
Level 3: syndesmoses of vertebral column
Taxonomic links Level 2: ligament organ Short Extended
Level 3: skeletal ligament
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Taxonomic definition
Taxonomic definition The nuchal ligament is a ligament of intervertebral syndesmosis [ligamentum syndesmosis intervertebralis ] which extends at the tip of vertebral spines [processus spinosus vertebrae ] from the occipital bone [os occipitale ] to the seventh cervical vertebra [vertebra prominens ], where caudally it is continuous with the supraspinal ligament [ligamentum supraspinale].
Partonomy
TAH:E10200
human body
TAH:U1240
TAH:U1372
TAH:U1373
TAH:U11230
TAH:U1378 nuchal ligament SOT
Taxonomy
Date: 17.06.2025