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The first vertebra is at the top of the neck. It is called cervical vertebra number one or C1. It also has a name and is called the atlas after the Greek god who held up the Earth. In this case the atlas supports the head.
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∙ 13y agoAtlas is the first cervical vertebrae, it supports the head. The second vertebrae is the axis for turning the head side to side.
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∙ 13y agoAtlas or C1, it creates a joint that fuses the skull and the spine. It gives support and allows the skull to nod.
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∙ 15y agoThe first cervical vertebra is called the Atlas.
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∙ 13y agoI assume you are referring specifically to humans? The first vertabrae is the atlas (C-1) and the second is the axis (C-2). Both are used in moving and stabilizing the kneck.
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∙ 11y agoatlnd axis
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∙ 13y agothe atlas
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∙ 12y agoAtlas
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What are the 3 vertebral disorders?
The most common disorders affecting the spine are degenerative, most often following trauma such as hard labour or whiplash. In spondylosis, bony spurs called osteophytes project from vertebrae and become denser, and vertebral disks degenerate and protrude. More commonly protrusion of a vertebral disk causes the spinal canal to narrow, distorts the local ligaments, and compresses an emerging nerve root, resulting in pain, weakness, and numbness in the area. Lumbar spinal stenosis is a condition characterized by the narrowing of a few segments of the spinal canal when the vertebrae, disks, and ligaments protrude, compressing the nerve roots
What is the function of the vertebral column?
The vertebral column serves two main purposes.The vertebrae are support for the body's frame, keeping it standing upright. It connects the head to the rest of the body.To serve as protection for the spinal cord. The bony rings surround the sensitive spinal canal, which transmits the body's electrical transmissions from the brain to the rest of the body.
The skull is one of the major components of the axial skeleton name the other two?
The axial skeleton is composed of 80 bones, including the skull, the ossicles, the hyoid bone, the rib cage, sternum, and vertebral column. The pelvis, upper & lower limbs and shoulder girdle make up the Appendicular skeleton.
One of the bones in your spine?
Each bone in my spine is called one "vertebra". Two or more are called "vertebrae".
Which is a degenerative condition of the spine in which one vertebra moves anteriorly over another vertebra?
spondylolisthesis
Where are the apophyseal joints located?
The apophyseal joints are synovial joints in the vertebral column, between the superior or cranial articular process of one vertebra and the inferior or caudal articular process of the vertebra directly above it. See the link below:
What is neck vertebra?
A neck vertebra is a cervical vertebra, one of the bones of the spinal column in the neck.
Is a daffodil a vertebrate?
No - vertebrates are animals with a vertebral column. A daffodil is not an animal, much less one with a vertebral column..
What is the one moveable bone in your skull?
vertebral column
What are the 3 processes found on the bone?
Most vertebrae have 3 processes. The spinous process, which is the one that comes straight off of your vertebral column, can actually be felt . You can feel this one particularly well at the base of your neck (this is the 7th Cervical vertebra, also known as Vertebra prominens). The very first vertebra, C1, also known at Atlas, does not have a spinous process. Each vertebra has two transverse processes which are on either side of the spinous processes. All of these processes are important for muscle attachments for movement of the head, neck and torso.
A sentence with the word column?
the rear part of the vertebral column has not yet been found
How does the human vertebral column differ from that of the cat and monkey?
Vertebral column is also known as spinal column or backbone as it keeps the spinal cord protected. As cat and monkeys are also mammals, they share a common type of vertebral column as of human. However; the anatomy of the three is different hence the use of vertebral column also differs in them.
What is the small bones of a spinal column called?
Each one is called a vertebra.
What is at the end of the vertebral column?
Skull at one end, tail bone at the other.
What is the name for the backbone in the body?
It is called as vertebral column. The vertebrate and non-vertebrate is one of the major classification in biology. You have 7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumber and one sacrum with coccyx to give you vertebral column.
What is another name for spine?
It has many improper terms that many people use today, such as; back, neck, cord, etc. In learning about the bones of the body, scientists and teachers recall the spine as the vertebra (vertebrae for plural).
What does the medical terminology combining form vertebro- mean?
The medical terminology combining form vertebro- refers to the vertebrae, which are the bones that make up the spinal column.
