Definition of Atlas vertebra

1. Noun. The 1st cervical vertebra.

Exact synonyms: Atlas
Generic synonyms: Cervical Vertebra, Neck Bone

Lexicographical Neighbors of Atlas Vertebra

atlantic part of vertebral artery
atlanto-
atlanto-occipital
atlanto-occipital articulation
atlanto-occipital joint
atlanto-occipital membrane
atlanto-odontoid
atlantoaxial
atlantoaxial joint
atlantodidymus
atlantoepistrophic
atlas
atlas fracture
atlas moth
atlas vertebra (current term)
atlases
atlasovite
atlastin
atlastins
atlatl
atlatlist
atlatlists
atlatls
atled
atleds
atlizumab
atlo-occipital
atloaxoid
atlodidymus

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, ..."

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