greater posterior rectus muscle of head
n.
A muscle with origin from the spinous process of the axis, with insertion into the occipital bone, with nerve supply from the first cervical nerve, and whose action rotates the head and draws it backward.
Words nearby greater posterior rectus muscle of head
greater occipital nerve,
greater omentum,
greater palatine foramen,
greater palatine nerve,
greater petrosal nerve,
greater posterior rectus muscle of head,
greater prairie chicken,
greater psoas muscle,
greater rhomboid muscle,
greater roadrunner,
greater scaup