Superior nuchal line

Nuchal lines
Occipital bone. Outer surface.
Side view of head, showing surface relations of bones. (Superior and median lines visible at bottom right.)
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Identifiers
Latin	Linea nuchae
TA	A02.1.04.024 A02.1.04.025 A02.1.04.026
Anatomical terms of bone []

The nuchal lines are four curved lines on the external surface of the occipital bone:

Posterior view of superior nuchal line (labeled in red) and muscles connecting to it.

Base of skull. Inferior surface.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)