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  2. Nuchal ligament - Wikipedia

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    From the anterior border of the nuchal ligament, a fibrous lamina is given off. This is attached to the posterior tubercle of the atlas, and to the spinous processes of the cervical vertebrae, and forms a septum between the muscles on either side of the neck. The trapezius and splenius capitis muscle attach to the nuchal ligament.

  3. 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

  4. Neck stiffness - Wikipedia

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    Neck stiffness, stiff neck and nuchal rigidity are terms often used interchangeably to describe the medical condition when one experiences discomfort or pain when trying to turn, move, or flex the neck.

  5. Nuchal lines - Wikipedia

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    The nuchal lines are four curved lines on the external surface of the occipital bone: The upper, often faintly marked, is named the highest nuchal line, but is sometimes referred to as the Mempin line or linea suprema, and it attaches to the epicranial aponeurosis. Below the highest nuchal line is the superior nuchal line.

  6. Nape - Wikipedia

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    The uncovered nape of a maiko 's neck Cat carrying a kitten by its nape, known as the "scruff". The nape is the back of the neck.In technical anatomical/medical terminology, the nape is also called the nucha (from the Medieval Latin rendering of the Arabic نُخَاع, ' spinal marrow ').

  7. Rectus capitis posterior minor muscle - Wikipedia

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    Medial part of the inferior nuchal line of the occipital bone and the surface between it and the foramen magnum: Nerve: Branch of the dorsal primary division of the suboccipital nerve: Actions: Extends the head at the neck, but is now considered to be more of a sensory organ than a muscle: Identifiers; Latin: musculus rectus capitis posterior ...

  8. Neck - Wikipedia

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    The neck is the part of the body in many vertebrates that connects the head to the torso. It supports the weight of the head and protects the nerves that transmit sensory and motor information between the brain and the rest of the body.

  9. Skeletal muscle - Wikipedia

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    Muscle strength is a result of three overlapping factors: physiological strength (muscle size, cross sectional area, available crossbridging, responses to training), neurological strength (how strong or weak is the signal that tells the muscle to contract), and mechanical strength (muscle's force angle on the lever, moment arm length, joint ...