@anatomy.of.motion: Suboccipital muscles are a group of four small muscles located just under your skull. They consist of two rectus and two obliquus muscles. Most medially lies the rectus capitis posterior minor muscle, which connects the skull with the first vertebra. Right next to it lies its older brother, the rectus capitis posterior major, which skips the first vertebra and connects the skull directly to the second one. More laterally, there is a chain of obliquus muscles, where the obliquus capitis superior connects the skull to the side of the first vertebra, and later the obliquus capitis inferior continues to the second vertebra. Together, these muscles help control fine movements and stabilization of the head.