Definition of Axis vertebra

1. Noun. The 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head.

Exact synonyms: Axis
Generic synonyms: Cervical Vertebra, Neck Bone
Terms within: Odontoid Process

Lexicographical Neighbors of Axis Vertebra

axis bulbi internus
axis corpuscle
axis cylinder
axis deviation
axis fracture
axis lentis
axis ligament of malleus
axis of evil
axis of lens
axis of rotation
axis of symmetry
axis opticus
axis pelvis
axis shift
axis traction
axis vertebra (current term)
axised
axises
axisymmetric
axisymmetrical
axisymmetrically
axisymmetries
axisymmetrise
axisymmetrising
axisymmetry
axite
axites
axiverse
axle
axle bar

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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