What is the Latin name of the cranial oblique of the head?

In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the cranial oblique of the head is called Musculus obliquus capitis cranialis.

Where does the cranial oblique of the head originate and insert?

Origin: Wing of the atlas. Insertion: Nuchal crest and the paracondylar process of the occipital bone.

What nerve supplies the cranial oblique of the head?

Dorsal branch of the first cervical nerve.

Cranial oblique of the head

Musculus obliquus capitis cranialis

Muscle
Neck
Paired: left and right
Pig

Extends the head on the atlas.

About the cranial oblique of the head of the pig

Cranial oblique of the head is a muscle of the neck (neck), one on each side of the body. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus obliquus capitis cranialis. You can turn it above, see it in place in the neck of the pig, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.

Where it runs from and to

A muscle is told apart from its neighbours by what it takes hold of at each end, which is also what decides what it does when it shortens.

Origin: Wing of the atlas.
Insertion: Nuchal crest and the paracondylar process of the occipital bone.
Action: Extends the head on the atlas.
Nerve: Dorsal branch of the first cervical nerve.

Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the pig; the books it was checked against are listed below.

Terminology

English: Cranial oblique of the head
Latin (NAV): Musculus obliquus capitis cranialis
Status: A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria

The cranial oblique of the head in other animals

The same structure in the other animals in the Library, to compare.

Cranial oblique of the head of the dog

Questions about the cranial oblique of the head

What is the Latin name of the cranial oblique of the head?: In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the cranial oblique of the head is called Musculus obliquus capitis cranialis.
Where is the cranial oblique of the head of the pig?: Cranial oblique of the head is a muscle of the neck (neck), one on each side of the body.
Where does the cranial oblique of the head originate and insert?: Origin: Wing of the atlas. Insertion: Nuchal crest and the paracondylar process of the occipital bone.
What nerve supplies the cranial oblique of the head?: Dorsal branch of the first cervical nerve.
What does the cranial oblique of the head do?: Extends the head on the atlas.

See the cranial oblique of the head inside the whole pig.

Vetomica opens on this structure with every layer of the pig around it: peel back the skin and the muscles, cut a section through it, X-ray it, and practise naming it until you stop getting it wrong.

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