Surface
Skeleton
Muscles
► Back
Atlas and axis
(Crista
occipitalis
externa)
Condylus
occipitalis
Proc.
transversus
Arcus anterior atlantis
Foramen vertebrale
Massa lateralis
atlantis
Foramen
transversarium
Tuberculum anterius
Facies articularis
superior
Arcus posterior atlantis
Sulcus
arteriae
vertebralis
Tuberculum posterius
Fig. 739
Occipital bone, Os occipitale;
section illustrating the foramen magnum and the
articular surfaces of the atlanto-occipital joint;
inferior view.
Fig. 740
First cervical vertebra, Atlas;
superior view.
The superior articular surfaces of the atlas are
frequently divided.
* Canalis arteriae vertebralis as a variation
Arcus anterior atlantis
Facies articularis inferior
Massa lateralis
atlantis
Proc
transversus
Tuberculum anterius
Fovea dentis
Foramen
vertebrale
Foramen
transversarium
Tuberculum posterius
Arcus posterior atlantis
Proc articularis
superior
Dens axis
Facies
articularis
anterior
Fovea
dentis
Facies articularis superior
Massa lateralis atlantis
Arcus posterior atlantis
Corpus
vertebrae
Foramen
transversarium
Proc
spinosus
Arcus vertebrae
transversus
Proc. articularis inferior
Fig. 741
First cervical vertebra, Atlas;
inferior view.
Fig.
742
First and second cervical vertebrae,
Atlas et Axis;
median section.
Proc articularis
superior
Proc
transversus
Tuberculum
posterius
Corpus
vertebrae
Arcus vertebrae
Proc. spinosus
Apex dentis
Dens axis
Facies articularis
anterior
Tuberculum
anterius
Proc
articularis
inferior
Proc spinosus
Apex dentis
Facies articularis posterior
Proc. articularis
superior
Proc.
transversus
Corpus vertebrae
Foramen
transversarium
Foramen
vertebrale
Arcus vertebrae
Fig. 743
Second cervical vertebra, Axis;
ventral view.
Fig. 744
Second cervical vertebra, Axis;
dorsosuperior view.
