suboccipital nerve — n the first cervical nerve that supplies muscles around the suboccipital triangle including the rectus capitis posterior major, obliquus capitis superior, and obliquus capitis inferior and that sends branches to the rectus capitis posterior minor … Medical dictionary
suboccipital nerve — noun : the first cervical nerve … Useful english dictionary
Suboccipital triangle — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = 116 GrayPage = 402 Caption = Deep muscles of the back. Triangle is labeled in turquoise. Caption2 = Posterior atlantoöccipital membrane and atlantoaxial ligament. (Triangle is not labeled, but … Wikipedia
Suboccipital puncture — Intervention ICD 9 CM 01.0 A suboccipital puncture or cisternal puncture is a diagnostic procedure that can be performed in order to collect a sample of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for biochemical, microbiological, and cytological analy … Wikipedia
Nerve block — Intervention ICD 9 CM 04.81 MeSH … Wikipedia
Suboccipital — Sub oc*cip i*tal, a. (Anat.) Situated under, or posterior to, the occiput; as, the suboccipital, or first cervical, nerve. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Nerve — A bundle of fibers that uses electrical and chemical signals to transmit sensory and motor information from one body part to another. See nervous system. * * * A whitish cordlike structure composed of one or more bundles (fascicles) of myelinated … Medical dictionary
Nerve conduction study — A nerve conduction study (NCS) is a test commonly used to evaluate the function, especially the ability of electrical conduction, of the motor and sensory nerves of the human body. Nerve conduction velocity (NCV) is a common measurement made… … Wikipedia
Spinal nerve — Nerve: Spinal nerve The formation of the spinal nerve from the dorsal and ventral roots Scheme showin … Wikipedia
Coccygeal nerve — Nerve: Coccygeal nerve Areas of distribution of the cutaneous branches of the posterior divisions of the spinal nerves. The areas of the medial branches are in black, those of the lateral in red … Wikipedia
