Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy
Posterior cervical region and suboccipital muscles dissected from behind
Semispinalis capitis and semispinalis cervicis muscles
Image #216-4
KEYWORDS: Cervical region, Muscles and tendons, Vertebral column.
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Posterior cervical region and suboccipital muscles dissected from behind
Semispinalis capitis and semispinalis cervicis muscles
The splenius muscles have been cut away and the fascia has been completely removed from the semispinalis muscles.
- Occipital bone
- Remnant of insertion of splenius capitis muscle
- Occipital artery
- Third occipital nerve
- Mastoid process temporal bone (partially cut away laterally)
- Nuchal ligament
- Semispinalis capitis muscle
- Longissimus capitis muscle
- Middle scalene muscle
- Tendon of origin of levator scapulae muscle (cut across)
- Longissimus cervicis muscle
- Posterior scalene muscle
- Rib I
- External intercostal muscle
- Iliocostalis cervicis muscle
- Rib II
- Greater occipital nerve
- Lesser occipital nerve
- Sternocleidomastoid muscle
- Aponeurosis of origin of splenius capitis muscle
- Spinous process vertebra C. VI
- Interspinalis cervicis muscle
- Semispinalis cervicis muscle
- Trapezius muscle