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These are two in number. 1. Obliquus Superior seu minor Capitis, (F.) Trachelo-atloido-occipital, Atloidosous-mastoidien (Ch.), Muscle oblique superieur ou petit oblique de la tete. This muscle is situate at the sides of, and behind, the articulation of the head: it is flat and attached, on the one hand, to the top of the transverse process of the atlas; and, on the other, terminates at the occipital bone, beneath the inferior curved line, and sometimes, also, at the mastoid region of the temporal bone. It extends the head,-inclining it to one side. 2. Obliquus Inferior Capitis, Obliquus major, (F.) Spini-axoido-tracheli-atloidien, Axoido-atloidien (Ch.), Oblique inferieur ou grand oblique de la tete, is situate at the posterior part of the neck and head. It is round, fusiform; attached to the spinous process of the axis, and proceeds to terminate behind and below the summit of the transverse process of the atlas. It impresses, on the first vertebra and the head, a movement of rotation, which turns the face to one side.