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