BonesandLigaments
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Plate19
Anterior tubercle
Anterior arch
Transverse
process
Transverse
foramen
Superior articular surface
of lateral mass for
occipital condyle
Tubercle for
transverse
ligament of
atlas
Groove for vertebral artery
Atlas (C1): superior view
Posterior tubercle
Transverse
process
Transverse
foramen
Inferior articular
surface of lateral
mass for axis
Anterior arch
Atlas (C1): inferior view
Superior articular
surface for occipital condyle
Posterior articular facet (for
transverse ligament of atlas)
Upper cervical vertebrae, assembled: posterosuperior view
Articular facet
for dens
Vertebral
foramen
Posterior arch
Posterior tubercle
Posterior arch
Vertebral
foramen
Lateral
mass
Superior articular
facet for atlas
Articular facet
for dens
Dens
Inferior articular
facet for C3
Axis (C2): anterior view
Dens
Superior articular
facet for atlas
Interarticular
part
Inferior
articular
process
Axis (C2): posterosuperior view
Dens
Atlas (C1)
Axis (C2)
C3
C4
Anterior articular
facet (for anterior
arch of atlas)
Pedicle
Interarticular
part
Body
Transverse
process
Transverse
process
Posterior articular
facet (for transverse
ligament of atlas)
Spinous process
Anterior tubercle
CervicalVertebrae:AtlasandAxis
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