suboccipital muscle

A group of muscles located immediately below the occipital bone. Includes: 1) rectus capitis muscles a) rectus capitis anterior b) rectus capitis posterior major c) rectus capitis posterior minor d) rectus capitis lateralis 2) obliquus capitis muscles a) obliquus capitis superior b) obliquus capitis inferior Action: primarily organs of proprioception Innervation: suboccipital nerve

Specific

obliquus capitis inferior obliquus capitis superior rectus capitis anterior (rectus capitis anticus minor) rectus capitis lateralis rectus capitis posterior major (rectus capitis posticus major) rectus capitis posterior minor (rectus capitis posticus minor)

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995