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NS 6
Cards in this deck (6)
- 1features of the cervical vertebra (3) exceptionsshort, bifid spinous processes
triangular vertebral foramen
foramen transversarium
C7 - long and not bifid spinous process
C1 - no spinous process, body, disc - 2atlas (C1)no body
no disc
no spinous process
anterior arch - smaller
posterior arch - bigger
kidney-shaped facets for occipital condyles - 3axis (C2)dens - articulates with the atlas at the articular facet of the anterior arch
- 4cruciate ligamenttransverse ligament of atlas + longitudinal ligament of axis
attaches to basiocciput - 5alar ligaments attachmentdens to basiocciput
limit rotation of the head - 6joints of the vertebral columnbetween
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- Flashcards on NS 6 , created by Erica Lai on 08/11/2018.
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