External occipital protuberance 4885572 209441468 2008-05-01T12:20:05Z Gracillis 4775916 [[th:ปุ่มนอกของท้ายทอย]] {{Infobox Anatomy | Name = {{PAGENAME}} | Latin = protuberantia occipitalis externa | GraySubject = 46 | GrayPage = 185 | Image = Gray129.png | Caption = Occipital bone. Outer surface. (External occipital protuberance visible at top center.) | Image2 = | Caption2 = | Precursor = | System = | Artery = | Vein = | Nerve = | Lymph = | MeshName = | MeshNumber = | DorlandsPre = p_38 | DorlandsSuf = 12673891 | }} Near the middle of the [[occipital squama]] is the '''external occipital protuberance''', and extending lateralward from it on either side is the [[superior nuchal line]], and above this the faintly marked highest nuchal line. The [[inion]] is the highest point of the external occipital protuberance. ==External links== * {{eMedicineDictionary|external+occipital+protuberance}} * {{RocheLexicon|34257.000-1}} * http://www.upstate.edu/cdb/grossanat/hnsklatob1.shtml {{anatomy-stub}} {{Gray's}} {{Cranium}} [[th:ปุ่มนอกของท้ายทอย]]