Suboccipital nerve

The suboccipital nerve is the dorsal ramus of the first Spinal nerves

Anatomy

Innervation

The suboccipital nerve is a purely motor nerve and supplies the Musculi suboccipitales

• Musculus rectus capitis posterior minor

• Musculus rectus capitis posterior major

• Musculus obliquus capitis superior

• Musculus obliquus capitis inferior

The suboccipital nerve also gives branches to the Musculus semispinalis capitis and the Musculus longissimus capitis.