Cervical spinal nerve | |
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Details | |
Identifiers | |
Latin | nervi spinalis |
FMA | 6440 |
Anatomical terminology |
The cervical spinal nerve 1 (C1) is a spinal nerve of the cervical segment.[1] C1 carries predominantly motor fibres, but also a small meningeal branch that supplies sensation to parts of the dura around the foramen magnum (via dorsal rami).
It originates from the spinal column from above the cervical vertebra 1 (C1).[2]
The dorsal root and ganglion of the first cervical nerve may be rudimentary or entirely absent.
Muscles innervated by this nerve are: