Action: Extension and hyperextension of the atlantooccipital jointOrigin - Posterior surfaces of the first two cervical vertebraeInsertion - Occipital bone and transverse process of the first cervical vertebraeInnervation - Suboccipital nerve

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Action: Extension and hyperextension of the atlantooccipital joint
Origin - Posterior surfaces of the first two cervical vertebrae
Insertion - Occipital bone and transverse process of the first cervical vertebrae
Innervation - Suboccipital nerve