Landmark · Skeletal system
Posterior tubercle of atlas
Tuberculum posterius atlantis
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Neck, Trunk, Back
- Landmark on
- Atlas (C1)
DescriptionUnreviewed
The posterior arch forms about two-fifths of the circumference of the ring:
it ends behind in the posterior tubercle, which is the rudiment of a spinous process and gives origin to the Recti capitis posteriores minores and the ligamentum nuchae.
The diminutive size of this process prevents any interference with the movements between the atlas and the skull.
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Names
- Latin
- Tuberculum posterius atlantis
- English
- Posterior tubercle of atlas
- French
- Tubercule postérieur de l'atlas
- Spanish
- Tubérculo posterior del atlas
- Portuguese
- Tubérculo posterior do atlas