Suboccipital muscles

• Rectus capitis posterior major goes from the spinous process of the axis to the occipital bone.
• Rectus capitis posterior minor goes from the middle of the posterior arch of the atlas to the occipit.
• Obliquus capitis superior goes from the transverse process of the atlas to the occiput.
• Obliquus capitis inferior goes from the spine of the axis vertebra to the transverse process of the atlas.

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