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Preferred term

Axis, Cervical Vertebra  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The second cervical vertebra. An anatomical variant of the cervical vertebra axis in which the ODONTOID PROCESS is unfused from the body of the axis.

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Entry terms

  • C2 Vertebra
  • Cervical Vertebra Axis
  • Epistropheus

In other languages

  • French

  • Épistropheus

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-H00FK6M4-R

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