the occipital bone
Occipital bone
mandible or the lower jaw bone
atlas
axis
The occipital condyles allow the head to turn side to side.
There are two joints at the base of the skull: - a condyloid joint between the occipital bone of the skull and the first (C1) vertebra, the atlas. - a pivot joint located between the C1 and C2 cervical vertebrae (atlas and axis).
It articulates with each vertebra. Plus the occipital bone of the skull and the 12 pairs of ribs.
The first back bone is called as atlas. The Atlas is said to have lifted the earth. This atlas 'lifts' the skull.
Sphenoid bone: A prominent, irregular, wedge-shaped bone at the base of the skull. The sphenoid bone has been called the "keystone" of the cranial floor since it is in contact with all of the other cranial bones.The Greek physician Galen wrote that the sphenoid bone was "like a wedge thrust between the skull and the superior maxilla."
The atlas articulates with the axis. The atlas is the first cervical vertebra and articulates with the skull superiorly, and the axis (the second cervical vertebra) inferiorly. The joint between the atlas and axis, dubbed the atlanto-axial joint, is responsible for the increased range of motion of the skull (turning your head left/right, and nodding up/down).The order of the atlas and axis can be remembered because, beginning from the skull, these two cervical vertebrae are in alphabetical order (aTlas then aXis).
The first cervical vertebra, called C1 or the atlas, articulates with the occipital bone.
Occipital bone in the skull. the obturator foramen is where your skull articulates with the vertebral column.
The occipital condyles allow the head to turn side to side.
The occipital bone at the base of the skull articulates with the atlas (C1) of the spine. The other bones that connect to the vertebral column are the 12 pairs of ribs.
The lambdoid suture articulates with the parietal and occipital bone of the skull. Joint is another name for suture when talking about 2 bones connecting in skull.
occipital
There are two joints at the base of the skull: - a condyloid joint between the occipital bone of the skull and the first (C1) vertebra, the atlas. - a pivot joint located between the C1 and C2 cervical vertebrae (atlas and axis).
It articulates with each vertebra. Plus the occipital bone of the skull and the 12 pairs of ribs.
The atlas articulates with the occiptal condyles.
The first back bone is called as atlas. The Atlas is said to have lifted the earth. This atlas 'lifts' the skull.
It articulates with each vertebra. Plus the occipital bone of the skull and the 12 pairs of ribs.