Medical Definition of Musculi suboccipitales

1. A group of muscles located immediately below the occipital bone; they are: rectus capitis anterior muscle, rectus capitis posterior major and minor muscles, rectus capitis lateralis musculus, obliquus capitis superior and inferior muscles; innervated by suboccipital nerve; although actions are described, it is held by many authorities that these muscles act primarily as organs of proprioception. Synonym: musculi suboccipitales. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Musculi Suboccipitales

musculi intertransversarii mediales lumborum
musculi intertransversarii posteriores cervicis
musculi intertransversarii thoracis
musculi laryngis
musculi levatores costarum
musculi levatores costarum breves
musculi levatores costarum longi
musculi linguae
musculi ossiculorum auditus
musculi pectinati
musculi perinei
musculi rotatores
musculi rotatores cervicis
musculi rotatores lumborum
musculi rotatores thoracis
musculi suboccipitales (current term)
musculi suprahyoidei
musculi thoracis
musculin
musculoaponeurotic
musculocutaneous
musculocutaneous amputation
musculocutaneous flap
musculocutaneous nerve
musculocutaneous nerve of leg
musculomembranous
musculophrenic
musculophrenic artery
musculophrenic vein
musculophrenic veins

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