1st cervical spinal nerve (C1); suboccipital nerve

Course: - exits spinal cord above the 1st cervical vertebra (atlas). - the dorsal primary ramus passes between the vertebral artery & the posterior arch of the atlas - the ventral primary ramus curves around the atlanto-occipital joint Function: - C1 carries motor fibers only

Related

greater occipital nerve suboccipital nerve

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999