Cervical spinal nerve 1
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The cervical spinal nerve 1 (C1) is a spinal nerve
Spinal nerve
The term spinal nerve generally refers to a mixed spinal nerve, which carries motor, sensory, and autonomic signals between the spinal cord and the body...

 of the cervical segment..

It originates from the spinal column from above the cervical vertebra 1 (C1).

Muscles innervated by this nerve are:
  • Geniohyoid muscle
    Geniohyoid muscle
    The Geniohyoid muscle is a narrow muscle situated superior to the medial border of the mylohyoid muscle. It is named for its passage from the chin to the hyoid bone.-Origin and insertion:...

    - through Hypoglossal nerve
    Hypoglossal nerve
    The hypoglossal nerve is the twelfth cranial nerve , leading to the tongue. The nerve arises from the hypoglossal nucleus and emerges from the medulla oblongata in the preolivary sulcus separating the olive and the pyramid. It then passes through the hypoglossal canal...

  • Rectus capitis anterior muscle
    Rectus capitis anterior muscle
    The rectus capitis anterior is a short, flat muscle, situated immediately behind the upper part of the Longus capitis....

  • Longus capitis muscle
    Longus capitis muscle
    The longus capitis muscle , broad and thick above, narrow below, arises by four tendinous slips, from the anterior tubercles of the transverse processes of the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth cervical vertebræ, and ascends, converging toward its fellow of the opposite side, to be inserted into the...

     (partly)
  • Rectus capitis lateralis muscle
    Rectus capitis lateralis muscle
    The Rectus capitis lateralis, a short, flat muscle, arises from the upper surface of the transverse process of the atlas, and is inserted into the under surface of the jugular process of the occipital bone.-See also:* atlanto-occipital joint...

  • Splenius cervicis muscle
    Splenius cervicis muscle
    The splenius cervicis is a muscle in the back of the neck. It arises by a narrow tendinous band from the spinous processes of the third to the sixth thoracic vertebrae; it is inserted, by tendinous fasciculi, into the posterior tubercles of the transverse processes of the upper two or three...

     (partly)
  • Rectus capitis posterior major muscle
    Rectus capitis posterior major muscle
    The Rectus capitis posterior major arises by a pointed tendon from the spinous process of the axis, and, becoming broader as it ascends, is inserted into the lateral part of the inferior nuchal line of the occipital bone and the surface of the bone immediately below the line.In 2011, Scali et al.,...

  • levator scapulae muscle
    Levator scapulae muscle
    In human anatomy, the levator scapulae is a skeletal muscle situated at the back and side of the neck. As the name suggests, its main function is to lift the scapula.-Origin and insertion:...

     (partly)
  • Thyrohyoid muscle
    Thyrohyoid muscle
    The Thyrohyoid muscle is a small, quadrilateral muscle appearing like an upward continuation of the Sternothyreoideus. It belongs to the infrahyoid muscles group....

    - through Hypoglossal nerve
    Hypoglossal nerve
    The hypoglossal nerve is the twelfth cranial nerve , leading to the tongue. The nerve arises from the hypoglossal nucleus and emerges from the medulla oblongata in the preolivary sulcus separating the olive and the pyramid. It then passes through the hypoglossal canal...

  • Omohyoid- through Ansa cervicalis
    Ansa cervicalis
    The ansa cervicalis is a loop of nerves that are part of the cervical plexus. It lies superficial to the internal jugular vein in the carotid sheath....

  • Sternohyoid- through Ansa cervicalis
    Ansa cervicalis
    The ansa cervicalis is a loop of nerves that are part of the cervical plexus. It lies superficial to the internal jugular vein in the carotid sheath....

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