nuchal crest: a flange of bone in the occipital region of the skull that serves as the attachment of the nuchal musculature of the back of the neck.
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The sagittal crest lies along the middorsal line of the interparietal bone. It is continuous with the nuchal crest (lamboidal ridge) of the occipital bone. The occipital condyles are the points at which the skull articulates with the vertebral column;
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Near the back of the cranium, the sagittal crest meets another ridge of bone, this one running across the back of the skull. This ridge is the nuchal crest.
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The nuchal crest is a horizontal ridge of bone where large neck muscles attach to The nuchal crest is scored by examining how large and rough it looks.
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We also demonstrate that one bone of the carapace, the nuchal bone, also stains with HNK-1 and with antibodies to PDGFR . The nuchal bone shares several other properties with the plastral bones, suggesting that it, too, is derived from neural crest cells.
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a. A usually ornamental tuft, ridge, or similar projection on the head of a bird or other animal. b. An elevated, irregularly toothed ridge on the stigmas...
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The superior nuchal line runs lateralward from it on either side, while extending downward from it is the median nuchal crest, situated deeply at the bottom of the nuchal furrow.
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Other specimens attributed to aethiopicus show thickened molar enamel (similar to afarensis.) The combination of a very small brain and enlarged masticatory apparatus leads to the development of a well-developed sagittal crest that meets the nuchal crest to form a compound temporonuchal crest similar to A.
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