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16 Cards in this Set
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Where is the suboccipital region?
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Space b/w occipital bone and first two cervical vertebrae
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Key structures in this region are deep to what muscle?
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Semispinalis Capitis
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What are the borders of the suboccipital triangle?
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Obliquus capitis inferior (inferior boundary)
Obliquus capitis superior (lateral boundary) Rectus capitis posterior major (medial boundary) |
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Attachments of Obliquus capitis inferior
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Spinous process of C2, transverse process of C1
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Attachments of Obliquus capitis superior
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transverse process of C1, occipital bone
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Attachments of Rectus Capitis Posterior Major
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Spinous process of C2, inferior nuchal line of occipital bone
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Attachments of Rectus Capitis Posterior Minor
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Posterior tubercle of C1, inserts on inferior nuchal line
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Contents of suboccipital triangle
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Suboccipital Nerve, Vertebral Artery
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Origin of suboccipital nerve
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Dorsal primary ramus of C1
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The suboccipital nerve innervates..
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4 muscles of suboccipital rgn. (motor neuron)
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The Vertebral Artery is a branch of...
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Subclavian Artery
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Vertebral Artery does not enter Foramen Transversarium of.....
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C7
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Vertebral Artery anastomoses to form....
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Basilar Artery
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Basilar Artery Supplies...
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Brain stem, cerebellum, cerebrum
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The Greater Occipital Nerve is...
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Cutaneous branch of dorsal primary ramus of C2
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Path of Greater Occipital Nerve
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C1-C2 space, through semispinalis capitis, passes inferior to obliquus capitis inferior, to scalp (sensory nerve)
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