Greater occipital nerve
- Type
- Nerve
- Japanese
- 大後頭神経
- Reading
- だいこうとうしんけい
- English
- Greater occipital nerve
- Latin
- Nervus occipitalis major
- Main functions
- Sensation
Connections
Branch of
Articles
A dedicated article on this structure is in preparation.
Also mentioned in
- Semispinalis cervicis and thoracis: attachments, action and layers
- Splenius capitis: position, action and difference from the SCM
- Obliquus Capitis Inferior: Origin, Rotation and Suboccipital Triangle
- Cervical Vertebrae: The 7 Vertebrae, Related Muscles and Nerves
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