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Bones and Muscles · 35. Suboccipital muscles

Covers the four suboccipital muscles in the upper cervical region, which link the atlas and axis to each other and to the base of the skull. A table gives each muscle's origin, insertion, innervation by the posterior ramus of C1, and function, covering extension, rotation and lateral bending of the head.

Inside: 2 sections · 2 labelled pictures · 1 table · 15 flashcards · 1 min

Topic 35 of 264 in the MU Sofia syllabus for Anatomy (Dental Medicine, Year 2). The free AceMed note covers it in 2 sections, about 41 words (1 min of reading), with 15 flashcards.

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  1. Introduction
  2. SUBOCCIPITAL MUSCLES

SUBOCCIPITAL MUSCLES

Features :

  • Located in the upper cervical region at the base of the occipital bone. move the bone.
  • Function : they connect vertebra Cl (the atlas) to vertebra CII (the axis) and connect both vertebra to the base of the skull.

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