Rectus capitis posterior major

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Rectus capitis posterior major is a skeletal muscle that originates at spinous process of the axis (C2) Inserts to inferior nucheal line of the occipital bone, and is supplied by (artery, and nerve), and its actions include:Dorsal ramus of C1 (suboccipital nerve)

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