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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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He alerted some Chicago hypertension researchers, who discovered that the chiropractor had adjusted the Atlas vertebra, at the top of the spine where it holds up the head.
The atlas vertebra, which once supported the head of the fearsome creature, was poking up through the clay which had been exposed by gravel excavations.
Not because it is an acupoint, but more probably because his neck is likely to break at the atlas vertebra.
 
 
 
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