The external occipital crest is part of the external surface of the squamous part of the occipital bone.

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

[1] It is also called the median nuchal line.

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