Posterior branches of cervical nerves

A filament from the branch to the Obliquus capitis inferior joins the posterior division of the second cervical nerve.It emerges between the posterior arch of the atlas and the lamina of the axis, below the Obliquus capitis inferior.It supplies a twig to this muscle, receives a communicating filament from the posterior division of the first cervical, and then divides into a large medial and a small lateral branch.The posterior divisions of the lower five cervical nerves divide into medial and lateral branches.This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 921 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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