Articulation of the head.
The atlas and axis are among the cervical vertebrae.
Yes it is called the atlas
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).
1.atlas has no vertebral body and spinous process since axis has both. 2.atlas form movement to indicated ''yes'',axis is moving the hed to signify ''no''.
The first is called the atlas and the second is the axis.
The Atlas is designed to allow a nodding movement, whilst the axis below it has the odontoid peg on it to allow shaking, or rotational movement of the skull.
There is rotation of head around the dens of the axis. Dens is actually derived from the body of the atlas vertebra.
the axis and atlas
Between the atlas and the axis
Between atlas and axis
Atlas and axis
An atlas is the name given to a book of maps.