Cervical Vertebrae - Additional Images

Additional Images

  • Position of cervical vertebrae (shown in red).

  • Vertebral column

  • Vertebral column.

  • X-Ray of cervical vertebrae.

  • X-ray of cervical spine in flexion and extension.

  • First cervical vertebra, or Atlas

  • Second cervical vertebra, or epistropheus, from above.

  • Second cervical vertebra, epistropheus, or axis, from the side.

  • Seventh cervical vertebra.

  • Posterior atlantoöccipital membrane and atlantoaxial ligament.

  • Median sagittal section through the occipital bone and first three cervical vertebræ.

  • Section of the neck at about the level of the sixth cervical vertebra.

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