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Which group of vertebrae includes the atlas and axis?
The atlas and axis are among the cervical vertebrae.
What are the different vertebrae in the back bone?
You have 7 cervical vertebrae, 12 thoracic vertebrae, 5 lumber vertebrae, 1 sacrum and 1 coccyx. The first cervical vertebra is called as atlas vertebra. The second one is called as axis vertebra.
Is dens a bone or located in the bone?
The dens is located on the cerival vertebrae on C2, which is the second vertebrae on the cervial vertebrae.
Are your vertebrae part of rib cage pelvis or back bone?
the back bone is the vertebrae
Which bone helps the rotation of the head?
Rotation of the head occurs between the atlas and the axis bones. These are the first two cervical vertebrae.
Series of vertebrae forming the axis of the human skeleton?
There is only one vertebrae that is considered the axis and that is cervical vertebrae number 2 (C2). The axial skeleton is composed of the skull, facial bones, hyoid bone, the vertebrae, sacrum, and coccyx.
What is lipping of vertebraes?
Lipping occurs in the vertebrae as humans age. Lipping of the vertebrae is the formation of bone between the vertebrae, commonly known as bone spurs.
Which two bones form the articulation that allows rotation of the head?
Two vertebrae in the cervical section of the vertebral column call the axis and the atlas.
What is another name for the second cervical vertebra?
The name of the second vertebrae is called the axis.
Bone in a column?
vertebrae
What is the name of the spin bone?
The spinal column consists of 33 irregular bones called vertebrae. Starting from the neck, there are seven cervical vertebrae. The first two vertebrae have specific names and are called the atlas and axis respectively. The next 12 vertebrae are called thoracic vertebrae, followed by five lumbar vertebrae, which are the largest of the spinal bones. Next, there are approximately five sacral vertebrae that are separate from each other as a young child, but fuse together as one bone called the sacrum in adults. Finally, the coccyx, more commonly called the tailbone, consists of 3-5 small bones that fuse together in adults.
What happen if one of the vertebrae slipped?
If the vertebrae slipped the vertebrae 's bone will be dislocated or it might be broken.
