Axis (C2)
Axis
The second cervical vertebra: a long blade-like spine and the dens projecting forward into the atlas, which is the pivot the head turns on.
- System
- Bone
- Region
- Neck
- Sides
- Single, on the midline
Measured on the specimen
What the axis (c2) is in contact with in the model itself, with the share of the other structure’s surface it covers. A contact is not always a joint: bones that simply lie against one another are in this list too.
- Atlas (C1)12%
- Cervical vertebra 322%
Measured on the left side.
Terminology
- English
- Axis (C2)
- Latin (NAV)
- Axis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria