Middle of the nape of the neck, after removal of m. trapezius.

Translated by: Ronald A. Bergman, PhD and Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
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a) Occipital bone.
b) Superior semicircular line.
c) Mastoid process.
d) Atlas, first cervical vertebra.
e) Seventh cervical vertebra.
f) First, thoracic vetebra.
g) Eighth thoracic vertebra.
h – l) First to fourth ribs.
m) Ligamentum nuchae.
n) Apical ligaments.

1. m. splenius capitis.
2. m. splenius colli.
3. m. serratus posterior superior.
4. m. semispinalis capitis, medial head.
5. m. semispinalis capitis.
6. m. longissimus, cervicis.
7. m. longissimus, thoracis (dorsi).