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ArticleSurgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA2024

Variations of the rectus capitis posterior muscles: a case report.

Madeline M Damjanovic, Isabella G Damjanovic, Alexa Hryniuk

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Article in Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Madeline M DamjanovicDepartment of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of Manitoba, 745 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, R3E 0J9, Canada. madeline.damjanovic@umanitoba.ca.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3866-5810
Isabella G DamjanovicEducation Program in Anatomy, Department of Health Sciences, McMaster University, 1200 Main Street W, Hamilton, ON, L8N 3Z5, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9007-3322
Alexa HryniukDepartment of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of Manitoba, 745 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, R3E 0J9, Canada. alexa.hryniuk@umanitoba.ca.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6778-2006

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Abstract

Duplication, accessory slips, and division of the rectus capitis posterior muscles are rare anatomical variations. Here we report a case of unilateral doubling of rectus capitis posterior major, and doubling of rectus capitis posterior minor with an accessory slip originating from the spinous process of the second cervical vertebra. The gross anatomical characteristics, clinical significance, and relationship of suboccipital musculature to the cervical myodural bridge is discussed in this report. Knowledge of rectus capitis posterior muscle variations may be of interest to clinicians practicing surgical approaches to the posterior cervical region due to the close proximity of the variations to typical muscular and neurovascular structures of the suboccipital region and potential association with the cervical myodural bridge.

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Anatomic VariationAgedCervical VertebraeFemaleHumansNeck MusclesOculomotor MusclesAnatomyDissectionMusclesNeck

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