Atlas
The first cervical vertebra: a ring with broad wings and no body. Its cranial fovea take the occipital condyles, which is the joint that nods the head.
- System
- Bone
- Region
- Neck
- Sides
- Single, on the midline
Measured on the specimen
What the atlas 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.
- Axis11%
- Maxilla2%
Measured on the left side.
Terminology
- English
- Atlas
- Latin (NAV)
- Atlas
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria