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axis
Sign in to saveAlso known as epistropheus, C2, C2 vertebra, second cervical vertebra, axis vertebra, cervical vertebra 2
second cervical vertebra of the spine
Key facts
- Latin
- axis, vertebra cervicalis II
- Mesh
- D001368
- Ta98
- A02.2.02.201
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
321,938 papers- Axis fractures.Neurosurgery · 2010
- Fracture of the axis after dome-like cervical laminoplasty.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 1998
- Auxiliary Wings of the Axis.World neurosurgery · 2019
- Human growth disorders: molecular genetics of the growth hormone-insulin-like growth factor I axis.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992). Supplement · 1999
- Irreducible traumatic spondylolisthesis of the axis: case report and review of the literature.Injury · 2008
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Encyclopedic overview
In anatomy, the axis (from Latin axis, "axle") is the second cervical vertebra (C2) of the spine, immediately inferior to the atlas, upon which the head rests. The spinal cord passes through the axis.
The defining feature of the axis is its strong bony protrusion known as the dens, which rises from the superior aspect of the bone.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “axis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.