apparatus ligamentosus colli


lig·a·men·tum nu·'chae

[TA] a sagittal ligamentous band at the back of the neck, formed of thickened supraspinous ligaments; it extends from the external occipital protuberance to the posterior border of the foramen magnum cranially and to the seventh cervical spinous process caudally. Synonym(s): nuchal ligament ☆ , apparatus ligamentosus colli

apparatus ligamentosus colli

(1) Nuchal ligament; ligamentum colli [NA6]. 
(2) Tectorial membrane; membrana tectoria [NA6].