nuchal ligament

In the neck they are often considered part of the nuchal ligament.

As it is required for running, not all animals have a nuchal ligament.

In the wither and neck area, it is called the nuchal ligament.

The nuchal ligament is an important evolved feature in head stabilization.

A large crest is usually caused by large fat deposits above the nuchal ligament.

"Any good human runner keeps his head still because of the nuchal ligament, a tendon in the back of the neck."

The nuchal ligament is unusual in being a tendon with an elastic component, allowing for stretch.

The scientists learned that all accomplished running animals, modern or fossil, had a mark in the skull where the nuchal ligament had been.

The trapezius and Splenius capitis muscle attach to the nuchal ligament.

In the case of the nuchal ligament, a trace of its existence is left with the presence of the skull ridge.

The Rhomboideus begins at the Nuchal ligament and ends at the scapula.

In four legged animals such as sheep and cattle the nuchal ligament is known as the paddywhack.

The Nuchal ligament begins at the poll and ends at the withers, and helps the muscles in the neck support the head.

Nuchal and supraspinous ligaments: the nuchal ligament attaches to the dorsal surface of the cervical vertebrae.

Splenius: originates from the 3rd-5th thoracic vertebrae, the dorsal scapular ligament, and the nuchal ligament.

This ligament is analogous in function (but different in exact structural detail) to the nuchal ligament found in ungulates.

The nuchal ligament (paxwax) is a fibrous membrane, which, in the neck, represents the supraspinal ligaments of the upper part of the spine.

Erector spinae is covered in the lumbar and thoracic regions by the Thoracolumbar fascia, and in the cervical region by the nuchal ligament.

It is a ridge travels along the midline, beginning at the external occipital protuberance and descending inferiorly to the foramen magnum, that gives attachment to the nuchal ligament.

Horses are microchipped on the left side of the neck, halfway between the poll and withers and approximately one inch below the midline of the mane, into the nuchal ligament.

This ligament is also important in terms of archaeological findings, because it leaves a small indentation and ridge in the skull ,allowing researchers to see if various species had a nuchal ligament.

The rhomboid minor arises from the inferior border of the nuchal ligament, from the spinous processes of the seventh cervical and first thoracic vertebrae, and from the intervening supraspinous ligaments.

The giraffe's head and neck are held up by large muscles and a nuchal ligament, which are anchored by long dorsal spines on the anterior thoracic vertebrae, giving the animal a hump.

It arises from the lower half of the nuchal ligament, from the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra, and from the spinous processes of the upper three or four thoracic vertebrae.

In most other mammals and indeed the great apes the nuchal ligament is absent or presant only as a thin fascia , in some other animals, particularly ungulates, serves to sustain the weight of the head.