atlas vertebra

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Noun1.atlas vertebra - the 1st cervical vertebraatlas vertebra - the 1st cervical vertebra    
cervical vertebra, neck bone - one of 7 vertebrae in the human spine located in the neck region
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Superior Articular Facets (SAF) are present on atlas vertebra facing superomedially and they occupy most of the upper surface of the lateral mass and lie obliquely, their anterior ends being always nearer to the midline than the posterior ends.
Tethering of the vertebral artery in the congenital arcuate foramen of the atlas vertebra: a possible cause of vertebral artery dissection in children.
Fracture of the atlas vertebra. Report of four cases, and a review of those previously recorded.
Principal components analysis of the atlas vertebra. J Manipulative Physiol Ther.
Fracture of the atlas vertebra: Report of four cases and a review of those previously recorded.
A review of fractures of the atlas vertebra. J Spinal Disord.
We therefore conducted this study to further describe defects of the atlas vertebra and to estimate their incidence.
But a specialist practitioner in Dubai claims a small bone in the neck, called the Atlas vertebra, could be the key to your suffering.
He and fellow UMaine graduate student Robert Ingraham first visually identified the bone as a fragment of the right occipital condyle, the place where the skull articulates with the atlas vertebra of the spine.
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