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Posterior divisions of upper cervical nerves

Posterior divisions of upper cervical nerves — Peripheral nerves
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After Gray's Anatomy (1918); modernized for Neuro.Wiki

About this plate

Posterior divisions of upper cervical nerves. Posterior view of the neck.

Region
neck
Structure
posterior triangle
View
posterior
System
peripheral nerves, muscle, arteries, bone
Focus
posterior rami of C1-C3 spinal nerves, greater occipital nerve, third occipital nerve, suboccipital muscles

Structures labelled on this plate

  • GREAT OCCIPI- TAL NERVE
  • R. MAJ
  • RECT. MIN
  • TRAPEZ
  • COMPLEXUS
  • OBLIQUUS SUPERIOR
  • RECTUS CAPITIS LATERALIS
  • ANTERIOR PRIMARY DIVI- SION OF FIRST CERVICAL
  • BRANCH TO COMPLEXUS — CUT
  • VERTEBRAL ARTERY
  • POSTERIOR PRIMARY DIVISION OF FIRST CERVICAL ANASTOMOTIC BRANCH
  • VERTEBRAL ARTERY — CUT
  • INF. OBLIQ
  • POSTERIOR PRIMARY DIVI- SION OF FIRST CERVICAL
  • GR. OCCIPITAL
  • THIRD OCCIPITAL NERVE
  • ANASTOMOTIC THIRD CERVICAL
  • OBLIQUUS INFERIOR
  • RECTUS MAJOR

Source: After Gray's Anatomy (1918). Public domain (Gray's Anatomy, 1918), modernized rendering.