C1
superior facets of C1…
articulate with occipital condyle
C1 lateral mass
looks like lamina (is not), it is lateral to anterior arch
C2
C7
Typical cervical vertebrae
Articular facets
Actions of head and neck
atalanto-occipital joint…
atlanto-axial joint…
Numbering of cervical vertebrae
Atlanto-axial articulations…
Occipital-atlanto articulations…
occipitofrontalis
What is the epicranial aponeurosis
the central tendon of the scalp/occipitofrontalis muscle
Origin of occipitofrontalis
superior nuchal line
Insertion of occipitofrontalis
skin above supraorbital ridges
Action of occipitofrontalis
elevates eyebrows, wrinkles skin of forhead
Innervation of occipitofrontalis
facial nerve CN VII
cricoid cartilage
Neck visceral skeleton
Laryngeal skeleton
Superficial cervical fascia contents
platysma origin