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Does the dens articulate with the axis?
No
Which feature is unique to the axis?
Dens are unique to the axis.
Where is the axis located on the body?
The Axis is the second vertebra in your spinal column right at the top.
What is a book of maps called?
A book of maps is called an Atlas.A book or collection of maps is called an Atlas, named for the Greek god who jobwas to support the heavens and the earth.A book of maps is an atlas. You can find atlas' online and in your public library.
When was Atlas Air created?
Atlas Air was created in 1992.
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.
Which vertebra has a dens?
The axis has a dens, which provides a pivot for the atlas.
The embryonic body of the atlas fuses with the axis and becomes what?
dens
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
Bone that has the odontoid process?
This is also knows as the Dens.. It is located with the Atlas (c1) and the Axias (c2) it helps with the rotation of the head.
What bone is unique to the axis vertebrae?
The atlas, also known as C1 sits on the axis, or C2. The dens of the axis projects through the vertebral foramen of the atlas and the vertebral facets come in contact with each other through cartilaginous discs between the two vertebrae.
Where is the odontoid process?
This is also knows as the Dens.. It is located with the Atlas (c1) and the Axias (c2) it helps with the rotation of the head.
Does the dens articulate with the axis?
No
Which feature is unique to the axis?
Dens are unique to the axis.
What are examples of pivoting joints?
The best example of a pivot joint in the human body is the joint formed between Atlas and Axis (the first two vertebrae of the spine: C1 and C2); atlas rotates around the dens of axis. The elbow joint is a pivot joint. neck,knee,elbow
The axis is the only vertebra with?
a dens
What is second vertebrae called?
The name of the second vertebrae is called the axis.
