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Definition of Atlas vertebra
1. Noun. The 1st cervical vertebra.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Atlas Vertebra
Literary usage of Atlas vertebra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum, (Natural History) by Richard Lydekker (1887)
"This specimen is shorter and broader anteriorly than M. 1286. M. 1291. Cast of
the right frontal ; pi. xxvii. fig. 1. M. 1292. Cast of the atlas vertebra ..."
2. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1904)
"Anterior view of atlas vertebra. Same locality and collection. X У2 2b. Upper view
of the same specimen. ..."
3. The Human Body: A Beginner's Text-book of Anatomy, Physiology and Hygiene by Henry Newell Martin (1884)
"The atlas vertebra seen from above. FIG. 15.—The axis vertebra. the second or
axis vertebra. Knobs on the under side of the skull fit into the hollows (fas, ..."
4. The Human Body: A Beginner's Text-book of Anatomy, Physiology and Hygiene by Henry Newell Martin (1884)
"The atlas vertebra seen from above. F1G. 15.—The axis vertebra. the second or
axis vertebra. Knobs on the under side of the skull fit into,the hollows (Fas, ..."