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2nd cervical vertebra (axis) has dens (also called odontoid process).
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What is the dens odontoid process?
Since the dens is part of the Axis vertebra (and project up in the first vertebra, the Atlas vertebra that supports the skull) it is called the Dens Axis
Head moved side to side first vertebra pivots around?
around the dens of the second vertebra. Is that is the full question?
What does the first vertebra pivot around when head moves side to side?
dens
What is the name of the neck bone commonly snapped in movies?
The name of that bone is axis. The second cervical vertebra. The dens is broken to kill the opponent.
What is the scientific reason of death for those who hang themselves?
1)strangulation 2)Dens or odontoid process of 2nd cervical vertebra(axis) articulates with the oval facet of 1st cervical vertebra(atlas). In hanging, dens fractures or separates and hit vital centers in the medulla oblongata causing instantaneous death. Fracture of laminae also cause death.
Which vertebra has a dens?
The axis has a dens, which provides a pivot for the atlas.
What is the dens odontoid process?
Since the dens is part of the Axis vertebra (and project up in the first vertebra, the Atlas vertebra that supports the skull) it is called the Dens Axis
The axis is the only vertebra with?
a dens
Where is the dens found in the body?
The dens is found on the second cervical vertebra only.
What type of movement occurs between the atlas and the dens of the axis?
There is rotation of head around the dens of the axis. Dens is actually derived from the body of the atlas vertebra.
Head moved side to side first vertebra pivots around?
around the dens of the second vertebra. Is that is the full question?
When the head is moved from side to side the first vertebra pivots around the what of the second vertebra?
densThe Dens of the second Vertebrae.
Dens?
An anterior, vertical projection on the axis vertebra. Only C2 has this structure.
What does the first vertebra pivot around when head moves side to side?
dens
What is second vertebrae called?
The name of the second vertebrae is called the axis.
Why are pivot joints called pivot joints?
Pivot means to turn. A pivot joint turns around a ring. The best example is the ring of bone that the atlas vertebra makes and the "finger" of the dens vertebra. The joint allows us to turn our heads. The atlas holds the head. In mythology Atlas held the world on his shoulders. The dens is called this because it has a "tooth" like structure. (dens as in dental).
Dens here provides a pivot for rotation of the first cervical vertebra?
Atlaswrong . the correct answer is axis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_(anatomy)) "It forms the pivot upon which the first cervical vertebra (the atlas), which carries the head, rotates."
