Suboccipital neck
Obliquus capitis inferior
Rotates the atlas and head toward the working side and stabilizes the atlantoaxial region
- Origin
- Spinous process of C2
- Insertion
- Transverse process of C1
- Primary actions
- Rotates the atlas and head toward the working side and stabilizes the atlantoaxial region
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