nuchal line meaning in Hindi

Examples

1. The lower is termed the superior nuchal line.
2. From the external occipital protuberance, an often faintly marked ridge or crest, the inferior nuchal line.
3. The upper, often faintly marked, is named the highest nuchal line, and to it the epicranial aponeurosis is attached.
4. Several muscles are attached to the outer surface of the squamous part, thus the superior nuchal line gives origin to the minor.
5. On the occipital bones, the nuchal lines, which serve as muscular attachments, are very well-developed and bear prominent scars.
6. Superiorly, it attaches to the lower border of mandible, to the mastoid process, superior nuchal line and the external occipital protuberance.
7. The tendons, uniting, form a broad muscle, which passes upward, and is inserted between the superior and inferior nuchal lines of the occipital bone.
8. That area of the squamous part, which lies above the highest nuchal lines is named the occipital plane and is covered by the " occipitalis muscle ".
9. In humans, it corresponds to the upper portion of the squama of the occipital bone that lies superior to the highest nuchal line and is completely fused to the supraoccipital.
10. From the inion, along the midline of the squamous part until the foramen magnum, runs a ridge  the external occipital crest ( also called the medial nuchal line ) and this gives attachment to the nuchal ligament.