Innervation of the suboccipital muscles is provided by which nerve?

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Innervation of the suboccipital muscles is provided by which nerve?

Explanation:
Suboccipital muscles are innervated by the first cervical nerve’s dorsal ramus, the suboccipital nerve. This branch is primarily motor and supplies the deep neck muscles—rectus capitis posterior major and minor, and obliquus capitis superior and inferior. The dorsal ramus of C2 (greater occipital nerve) is sensory, providing cutaneous innervation to the posterior scalp rather than motor to these muscles. The hypoglossal nerve innervates tongue muscles, and the ventral ramus of C1 does not carry the motor innervation to the suboccipital group.

Suboccipital muscles are innervated by the first cervical nerve’s dorsal ramus, the suboccipital nerve. This branch is primarily motor and supplies the deep neck muscles—rectus capitis posterior major and minor, and obliquus capitis superior and inferior. The dorsal ramus of C2 (greater occipital nerve) is sensory, providing cutaneous innervation to the posterior scalp rather than motor to these muscles. The hypoglossal nerve innervates tongue muscles, and the ventral ramus of C1 does not carry the motor innervation to the suboccipital group.

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