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== Description == | == Description == | ||
Obliquus Capitis Inferior (also known as the Inferior Oblique) is a small muscle that runs inferomedially from C1 to C2. It is situated under the deep cervical vein and comprises the inferior boarder of the suboccipital triangle. | |||
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Description[edit | edit source]
Obliquus Capitis Inferior (also known as the Inferior Oblique) is a small muscle that runs inferomedially from C1 to C2. It is situated under the deep cervical vein and comprises the inferior boarder of the suboccipital triangle.
Origin[edit | edit source]
Base of spine and adjoining lamina of the axis.
Insertion[edit | edit source]
Along the inferior aspect of the tip of the transverse process of the atlas.
Nerve Supply[edit | edit source]
Suboccipital nerve or dorsal ramus of cervical spinal nerve (C1).
Blood Supply[edit | edit source]
Vertebral artery and the deep descending branch of the occipital artery.
Action[edit | edit source]
Ipsilateral rotation of the atlantoaxial joint.
Function[edit | edit source]
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