POSTERIOR ASPECT OF NECK. 



Multifidus Spinae (cervical part). Origin; articular proc- 

 esses of lower four cervical vertebrae. Insertion; cervical 

 spines, from the axis downward. [395] 



Fourth Group. 



Obliquus Inferior. Origin; spine of axis. Insertion; trans- 

 verse process of atlas. [397] 



Obliquus Superior. Origin; transverse process of atlas. 

 Insertion; occipital, above the inferior curved line and exter- 

 nal to the Complexus. [397] 



Rectus Capitis Posticus Major. Origin; spine of axis. In- 

 sertion; occipital, below the inferior curved line. [397] 



Rectus Capitis Posticus Minor. Origin; spine of atlas. 

 Insertion; occipital, below the inferior curved line and the 

 preceding. [397] 



The four preceding muscles enclose the suboccipital triangle. 



Rectus Capitis Lateralis. Origin ; transverse processes of 

 atlas. Insertion; jugular process of occipital'. [398] 



Inter-spinales. Bands connecting the spines. [398] 



Inter-transversales. Slender double slips between the 

 transverse processes. [398] 



NERVES. 



First Cervical (Suboccipital). The posterior primary divis- 

 ion runs backward above the arch of the atlas to the sub- 

 occipital triangle; it there divides into muscular branches to 

 the Complexus, Recti capitis postici, major and minor, and 

 Obliqui, superior and inferior. It communicates with the sec- 

 ond cervical. [611] 



Second Cervical. The posterior primary division runs 

 backward between the atlas and axis, below the Inferior 

 oblique, and communicates with the third cervical; then 

 piercing the Complexus and Trapezius it accompanies the 

 occipital artery, as the great occipital nerve, to the scalp, pierc- 

 ing the deep fascia about an inch to the side of the occipital 



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