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Atlas/Axis
Question | Answer |
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What is the first cervical vertebra called? | atlas |
What is the second cervical vertebra called? | axis |
The superior articulating processes of the atlas articulate with which features of the occipital bone? | occipital condyles |
The dens or odontoid process is found on which vertebra? | axis |
What does the articulation between the dens (odontoid process) and the atlas allow you to do? | rotate your head |
What does the articulation between the atlas and the occipital condyles allow you to do? | nod your head |
What is another term for the dens? | odontoid process |
The vertebral foramen of the atlas lines up with which feature found on the occipital bone? | foramen magnum |
True or False The atlas and axis have transverse foramina. | True |
True or False The atlas has neither a body or spinous process. | True |