Suboccipital Musculature

Question 1

Which sub occipital muscle lacks an attachment to the skull?

Answer 1

Obliquus capitis inferior

Question 2

Which nerve will innervate ALL sub occipital muscles?

Answer 2

The dorsal ramus of C1, the sub occipital nerve

Question 3

What is the proposed function of the sub occipital muscle group?

Answer 3

Posture stabilizers of the atlanto-occipital and atlanto-axial joints

Question 4

Which sub occipital muscles are known to attach to dura mater?
(3)

Answer 4

Rectus capitis posterior major
Rectus capitis posterior minor
Obliquus capitis inferior