{"id":3002,"date":"2020-12-09T12:25:08","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T10:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/pre-clinical\/anatomy\/head-and-neck\/neck\/muscles\/posterior-neck-muscles\/"},"modified":"2020-12-09T12:34:07","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T10:34:07","slug":"suboccipital-muscles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/pre-clinical\/anatomy\/skull-head-and-neck\/neck\/muscles\/suboccipital-muscles\/","title":{"rendered":"Suboccipital muscles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div class=\"intro\">The suboccipital muscles are the deepest muscles of the neck. They are found in the posterior neck below the base of the skull.<\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n<span class=\"block-heading\" id=\"header_1\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"title_collection title1\">Description<\/h4>\n<\/span><span class=\"block-content\" id=\"contents_1\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The suboccipital muscles are located underneath the semispinalis capitis muscle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Obliquus capitis superior<\/li><li>Obliquus capitis inferior<\/li><li>Rectus capitis posterior major<\/li><li>Rectus capitis posterior minor<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first three form a pyramidal structure \u2014 the\u00a0<strong>suboccipital triangle<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/span><span class=\"block-heading\" id=\"header_2\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"title_collection title1\">Obliquus capitis superior<\/h4>\n<\/span><span class=\"block-content\" id=\"contents_2\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Origin: Transverse process of C1<br>Insertion: Between superior and inferior nuchal lines<\/p>\n\n\n<\/span><span class=\"block-heading\" id=\"header_3\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"title_collection title1\">Obliquus capitis inferior<\/h4>\n<\/span><span class=\"block-content\" id=\"contents_3\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Origin: Posterior tubercle of the posterior arch of C2<br>Insertion: Transverse process of C1<\/p>\n\n\n<\/span><span class=\"block-heading\" id=\"header_4\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"title_collection title1\">Rectus capitis posterior major<\/h4>\n<\/span><span class=\"block-content\" id=\"contents_4\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Origin: Spinous process of C2<br>Insertion: Lateral part of the inferior nuchal line<\/p>\n\n\n<\/span><span class=\"block-heading\" id=\"header_5\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"title_collection title1\">Rectus capitis posterior minor<\/h4>\n<\/span><span class=\"block-content\" id=\"contents_5\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Origin: Posterior tubercle of the posterior arch of C1<br>Insertion: Medial part of the inferior nuchal line<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The muscles of the suboccipital triangle are innervated by the suboccipital nerve (dorsal rami of C1).<\/p>\n<\/span><div id=\"the_titles\" style=\"display:none;\"><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Description<\/h4><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Obliquus capitis superior<\/h4><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Obliquus capitis inferior<\/h4><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rectus capitis posterior major<\/h4><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rectus capitis posterior minor<\/h4><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Description The suboccipital muscles are located underneath the semispinalis capitis muscle. Obliquus capitis superior Obliquus capitis inferior Rectus capitis posterior major Rectus capitis posterior minor The first three form a pyramidal structure \u2014 the\u00a0suboccipital triangle. Obliquus capitis superior Origin: Transverse process of C1Insertion: Between superior and inferior nuchal lines Obliquus capitis inferior Origin: Posterior tubercle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1165,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3002","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Suboccipital muscles &#8211; Meddists<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/pre-clinical\/anatomy\/skull-head-and-neck\/neck\/muscles\/suboccipital-muscles\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meddists.com\\\/learn\\\/pre-clinical\\\/anatomy\\\/skull-head-and-neck\\\/neck\\\/muscles\\\/suboccipital-muscles\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meddists.com\\\/learn\\\/pre-clinical\\\/anatomy\\\/skull-head-and-neck\\\/neck\\\/muscles\\\/suboccipital-muscles\\\/\",\"name\":\"Suboccipital muscles &#8211; Meddists\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meddists.com\\\/learn\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-09T10:25:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-12-09T10:34:07+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meddists.com\\\/learn\\\/pre-clinical\\\/anatomy\\\/skull-head-and-neck\\\/neck\\\/muscles\\\/suboccipital-muscles\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/meddists.com\\\/learn\\\/pre-clinical\\\/anatomy\\\/skull-head-and-neck\\\/neck\\\/muscles\\\/suboccipital-muscles\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meddists.com\\\/learn\\\/pre-clinical\\\/anatomy\\\/skull-head-and-neck\\\/neck\\\/muscles\\\/suboccipital-muscles\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/meddists.com\\\/learn\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Pre-clinical\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meddists.com\\\/learn\\\/pre-clinical\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Anatomy\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meddists.com\\\/learn\\\/pre-clinical\\\/anatomy\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Skull, head, and neck\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meddists.com\\\/learn\\\/pre-clinical\\\/anatomy\\\/skull-head-and-neck\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":5,\"name\":\"Neck\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meddists.com\\\/learn\\\/pre-clinical\\\/anatomy\\\/skull-head-and-neck\\\/neck\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":6,\"name\":\"Muscles of the neck\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meddists.com\\\/learn\\\/pre-clinical\\\/anatomy\\\/skull-head-and-neck\\\/neck\\\/muscles\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":7,\"name\":\"Suboccipital muscles\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meddists.com\\\/learn\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meddists.com\\\/learn\\\/\",\"name\":\"Meddists\",\"description\":\"Let&#039;s Get Studying\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/meddists.com\\\/learn\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Suboccipital muscles &#8211; Meddists","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/pre-clinical\/anatomy\/skull-head-and-neck\/neck\/muscles\/suboccipital-muscles\/","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/pre-clinical\/anatomy\/skull-head-and-neck\/neck\/muscles\/suboccipital-muscles\/","url":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/pre-clinical\/anatomy\/skull-head-and-neck\/neck\/muscles\/suboccipital-muscles\/","name":"Suboccipital muscles &#8211; Meddists","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-12-09T10:25:29+00:00","dateModified":"2020-12-09T10:34:07+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/pre-clinical\/anatomy\/skull-head-and-neck\/neck\/muscles\/suboccipital-muscles\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/pre-clinical\/anatomy\/skull-head-and-neck\/neck\/muscles\/suboccipital-muscles\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/pre-clinical\/anatomy\/skull-head-and-neck\/neck\/muscles\/suboccipital-muscles\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pre-clinical","item":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/pre-clinical\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Anatomy","item":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/pre-clinical\/anatomy\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Skull, head, and neck","item":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/pre-clinical\/anatomy\/skull-head-and-neck\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"Neck","item":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/pre-clinical\/anatomy\/skull-head-and-neck\/neck\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"name":"Muscles of the neck","item":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/pre-clinical\/anatomy\/skull-head-and-neck\/neck\/muscles\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":7,"name":"Suboccipital muscles"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/","name":"Meddists","description":"Let&#039;s Get Studying","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3002"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3007,"href":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3002\/revisions\/3007"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meddists.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}