Suboccipital Triangle Flashcards
What are the boundries of the suboccipital triangle?
Obliques Capitis Inferior
Obliques Capitis Superior
Rectus Capitis Posterior Major
What is the muscles that is associated with the subocipital triangle but not part of it?
The rectus capitis posterior minor
What are the contents of the suboccipital triangle?
- The vertebral artery that turns into the basilar artery
- The suboccipital nerve
What is the function of the suboccipital nerve?
- It supplies the suboccipital triangle
- It’s main function is motor
- Derived from C1
What is the function of the Greater Occipital Nerve?
- ONLY sensory
Derived from C2
What is the inferior boundry of the suboccipital traingle?
The inferior boundry is the obliquus capitis inferior
What is the lateral boundry of the suboccipital traingle?
The lateral boundry is the Obliquus capitis superior
What is the superior border of the suboccipital triangle?
The superior border is the rectus capitis posterior major.
What is the OI of the obliquus capitis superior?
O: Transverse process of C1
I: Superior and Inferior Nucchal lines
What is the OI of the obliquus capitis inferior?
O: Spinous processof C2
I: Transverse process of C1
What is the OI of the rectus capitis posterior major?
O: Spine of C2
I: Superior and Inferior Nucchal lines
What is the OI of the rectus capitis posterior minor?
O: Arch of C1
I: Inferior nucchal line
