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Nerve: Suboccipital nerve
Median sagittal section through the occipital bone and first three cervical vertebrae . (Suboccipital nerve labeled at center right.)
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Latin nervus suboccipitalis
Gray's subject #210 925
Innervates
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MeSH [1]
The first spinal nerve , the suboccipital nerve exits the spinal cord between the skull and the first cervical vertebra , the atlas .
It supplies muscles around the suboccipital triangle including the rectus capitis posterior major , obliquus capitis superior , and obliquus capitis inferior .
See also [ ] Additional images [ ]
Upper part of medulla spinalis and hind- and mid-brains; posterior aspect, exposed in situ.
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Major nerves (also see Peripheral nervous system )
Cranial nerves I olfactory | II optic | III oculomotor | IV trochlear | V trigeminal | V1 ophthalmic (lacrimal , frontal , supratrochlear , supraorbital , nasociliary , ciliary ganglion ) | V2 maxillary (sphenopalatine ganglion ) | V3 mandibular (buccal - auriculotemporal - lingual - inferior alveolar - otic ganglion ) | VI abducens | VII facial (chorda tympani , nervus intermedius ) | VIII vestibulocochlear (cochlear , vestibular ) | IX glossopharyngeal | X vagus (recurrent laryngeal , Alderman's nerve ) | XI accessory | XII hypoglossal
Posterior spinal nerves :greater occipital
C1-C4 - Cervical plexus : lesser occipital | greater auricular | lesser auricular | phrenic | ansa cervicalis
C5-C8, T1 - Brachial plexus : supraclavicular branches (dorsal scapular , suprascapular , long thoracic ) | lateral cord musculocutaneous , lateral antibrachial cutaneous , lateral head of median nerve ) | medial cord ulnar , medial head of median nerve , medial antibrachial cutaneous , medial brachial cutaneous ) | posterior cord axillary , radial )
T2-T11: intercostal
T12, L1-L5 - Lumbar plexus : iliohypogastric | ilioinguinal | genitofemoral | lateral femoral cutaneous | femoral | obturator
S1-S4 - Sacral plexus : gluteal | posterior femoral cutaneous | tibial | sciatic | sural | common peroneal
S2-S5 - Pudendal plexus : perforating cutaneous | pudendal | visceral | muscular | anococcygeal
