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Definition of Axis vertebra
1. Noun. The 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Axis Vertebra
Literary usage of Axis vertebra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1890)
"HUMAN NECK WITH THE ODONTOID PROCESS DISTINCT FROM THE BODY OF THE axis vertebra.
By Professor Sir WM. TURNER, FRS IN a paper communicated to this Journal ..."
2. Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum, (Natural History) by Richard Lydekker (1887)
"Tho centrum of the axis vertebra ; from Queensland. The posterior epiphysis, which is
... The imperfect centrum of the axis vertebra ; from Australia. ..."
3. Orr's Circle of the Sciences: A Series of Treatires on the Principles of by Richard Owen, Wm S Orr, John Radford Young, Alexander Jardine, Robert Gordon Latham, Edward Smith, William Sweetland Dallas (1854)
"ATLAS AND axis vertebra OP THE CROCODILE. The centrum of the atlas, ca, ...
The proper centrum of the axis vertebra, ex, is the only one in the cervical ..."
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