Suboccipital nerve

The suboccipital nerve (first cervical dorsal ramus) is the dorsal primary ramus of the first cervical nerve (C1). It exits the spinal cord between the skull and the first cervical vertebra, the atlas.[1]

Suboccipital nerve
Median sagittal section through the occipital bone and first three cervical vertebrae. (Suboccipital nerve labeled at center right.)
Details
InnervatesRectus capitis posterior major, rectus capitis posterior minor, obliquus capitis superior, obliquus capitis inferior
Identifiers
Latinnervus suboccipitalis
TAA14.2.02.007
FMA7054
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
Not to be confused with Lesser occipital nerve.

It lies within the suboccipital triangle along with the vertebral artery, where the artery enters the foramen magnum.

It supplies muscles of the suboccipital triangle, the rectus capitis posterior major, obliquus capitis superior, and obliquus capitis inferior. The suboccipital nerve also innervates rectus capitis posterior minor.

See also

Additional images
  • Upper part of medulla spinalis and hind- and mid-brains; posterior aspect, exposed in situ.
  • Suboccipital triangle

References
  1. Standring, Susan. Gray's anatomy: the anatomical basis of clinical practice (41 ed.). Elsevier Limited. pp. 762–773. ISBN 978-0-7020-5230-9.


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