The suboccipital muscles are a group of muscles defined by their location to the occiput.

Suboccipital muscles are located below the occipital bone.

These are four paired muscles on the underside of the occipital bone; the two straight muscles (rectus) and the two oblique muscles (obliquus).

The muscles are named They are innervated by the suboccipital nerve.

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