Third occipital nerve
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Nerve: Third occipital nerve | ||
|---|---|---|
| Posterior primary divisions of the upper three cervical nerves. (Third occipital nerve visible at center.) | ||
| Diagram of the distribution of the cutaneous branches of the posterior divisions of the spinal nerves. (Third cervical labeled at top.) | ||
| Latin | nervus occipitalis tertius | |
| Gray's | subject #209 923 | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | n_05/12566338 | |
While under the Trapezius, the medial branch of the posterior division of the third cervical nerve gives off a branch called the third occipital nerve, which pierces the Trapezius and ends in the skin of the lower part of the back of the head.
It lies medial to the greater occipital and communicates with it.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
| Spinal nerves | |
|---|---|
|
ventral root - dorsal root - dorsal root ganglion - cauda equina - gray ramus communicans - white ramus communicans posterior divisions: cervical (greater occipital, third occipital) - thoracic - lumbar - sacral - coccygeal anterior divisions: cervical plexus - brachial plexus - thoracic nerves: (intercostal - intercostobrachial - subcostal) - lumbosacral plexus | |
