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In anatomy, the axis (from Latin axis, "axle") or epistropheus, is the second cervical vertebra (C2) of the spine, immediately posterior to the atlas, upon which the head rests.
The axis' defining feature is its strong odontoid process (bony protrusion) known as the dens, which rises dorsally from the rest of the bone.
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Muscle attachments
Muscles that arise here
Muscles that insert here
Landmarks
- Anterior articular facet of dens axis
- Apex of dens axis
- Dens axis
- Posterior articular facet of dens axis
Names
- Latin
- Axis (C2)
- English
- Axis (C2)
- French
- Axis (C2)
- Spanish
- Axis (C2)
- Portuguese
- Áxis (C2)