spinous

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In the posterior neck, this ligament expands to become the nuchal ligament, which attaches to the cervical spinous processes and the base of the skull.

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The nuchal ligament is attached to the cervical spinous processes and superiorly to the base of the skull, out to the external occipital protuberance.

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They also have a short, blunt spinous process.

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The median sacral crest is formed by the fused vertebral spinous processes and the lateral sacral crest is derived from the fused transverse processes.

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The summits of the spinous processes of the vertebræ alone give form to the superior median border of the trunk.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard