Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

KEYWORDS: Muscles and tendons, Peripheral nervous system.

Higher resolution images are available for a fee. Contact Drew Bourn, PhD, MLIS.

Dissection of head and neck from a posterior approach

Nerve supply to longissimus capitis muscle

The muscle (9) has been reflected laterally.

1 .	Insertion of splenius capitis muscle (cut across)
2 .	Occipital artery
3 .	Deep cervical lymph node (superior)
4 .	Obliquus capitis superior muscle
5 .	Insertion of longissimus capitis muscle on mastoid process
6 .	Aberrant muscular slip from longissimus muscle to semispinalis capitis muscle
7 .	Descending branch occipital artery (cut across)
8 .	Posterior muscular branches of cervical nerve II
9 .	Longus capitis muscle
10 .	Internal pterygoid muscle (in background, mandible removed)
11 .	Posterior muscular branch of cervical nerve III
12 .	Greater occipital nerve
13 .	Third occipital nerve
14 .	Trapezius muscle
15 .	Semispinalis capitis muscle
16 .	Nuchal ligament