Neck and Suboccipital Region

Question 1

Is there a spinous process on C1

Answer 1

No

Question 2

How can the atlas pivot on the axis?

Answer 2

The dens of Axis which make up the atlantoaxial joint

Question 3

Where do the occipital condyles articulate on C1

Answer 3

superior articular surface

Question 4

what does the dens of axis articulate with in C1?

Answer 4

anterior arch

Question 5

where does vertebral artery travel through?

Answer 5

transverse foramina

Question 6

just under the trap, this muscle is an oblique oriented muscle running along the neck

Answer 6

semispinalis cervicis

Question 7

underneath the semispinalis cervicis, this neck muscle runs vertically along the neck close to the spinal cord

Answer 7

semispinalis capitis

Question 8

the occipital artery and greater occipital nerve will take us to what muscle on the neck? (runs on top of)

Answer 8

inferior obliquus

Question 9

what is the occipital triangle?

Answer 9

Group of muscles that form around the greater occipital nerve and occipital artery,
inferior border: inferior obliquus
medial superior border: rectus capitis posterior major
later superior border: superior obliquus

Question 10

what innervates the occipital triangle muscles?

Answer 10

greater occipital nerve