Suboccipital nerve

Median section in a sagittal direction by the occipital bone (occipital bone)
suboccipital nerve in the course of vertebral artery cut

The suboccipital nerve is the posterior branch (ramus dorsalis) of the first spinal nerve . It is purely motoric and supplies the autochthonous back muscles of the deep neck triangle:

• Rectus capitis posterior minor muscle ,
• Rectus capitis posterior major muscle ,
• Musculus obliquus capitis superior and
• Inferior obliquus capitis muscle .

It also gives off branches to the semispinalis capitis muscle and the longissimus capitis muscle .

literature

• Theodor H. Schiebler (Ed.). Anatomy. Cytology, histology, history of development, macroscopic and microscopic human anatomy. Taking into account the item catalog. 8th completely revised and updated edition. Springer, Berlin et al. 1999, ISBN 3-540-65824-6 .

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