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What is the typical vertebral surface not found in the atlas?
Body of the vertebra. It is fused with the Axis vertebra. Axis being the second vertebra.
Where is the axis located in your body it sits on a bone?
The axis is the second cervical vertebra in the spine, located just below the atlas (the first cervical vertebra). It is named after its function as it allows the head to rotate on top of the spine.
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
What vertebra has a dens?
2nd cervical vertebra (axis) has dens (also called odontoid process).
When the head is moved from side to side the first vertebra pivots around the?
When the head is moved from side to side, the first vertebra pivots around the second vertebra called the axis. This movement allows for rotation and flexibility of the neck.
What is another name for the second cervical vertebra?
The name of the second vertebrae is called the axis.
What is the typical vertebral surface not found in the atlas?
Body of the vertebra. It is fused with the Axis vertebra. Axis being the second vertebra.
Where is the axis located in your body it sits on a bone?
The axis is the second cervical vertebra in the spine, located just below the atlas (the first cervical vertebra). It is named after its function as it allows the head to rotate on top of the spine.
Axis?
Vertebra 2
The first cervical vertebra is called the axis?
Actually, the first cervical vertebra is called the atlas, not the axis. The axis is the second cervical vertebra that forms a pivot joint with the atlas, allowing for rotation of the head from side to side.
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
What vertebra would you find the odontoid process?
axis the second cervical vertebra.
What is second vertebrae called?
The name of the second vertebrae is called the axis.
What vertebra has a dens?
2nd cervical vertebra (axis) has dens (also called odontoid process).
Which vertebra has a dens?
The axis has a dens, which provides a pivot for the atlas.
Where is the axis located on the body?
The Axis is the second vertebra in your spinal column right at the top.
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."
