Occipital nerve tertius
The nervus occipitalis tertius ( Latin : third occipital nerve ) is a sensitive peripheral nerve of the neck. It arises from the posterior (dorsal) branch of the third spinal nerve (C3). Its supply area is quite small and adjoins that of the greater occipital nerve near the median plane in a caudal direction (rump) . The nervus occipitalis tertius also forms fiber connections with the nervus occipitalis major.
The tertiary occipital nerve can be involved in occipital neuralgia .
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Literature sources
- Gerhard Aumüller, Gabriela Aust, Andreas Doll, et al .: Anatomie (= dual series ). 2nd Edition. Thieme, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-13-136042-7 , p. 815 .