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  2. Articular process - Wikipedia

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    Articular processes [permanent dead link ‍] - BlueLink Anatomy - University of Michigan Medical School; Atlas image: back_bone28 at the University of Michigan Health System - "Lumbar Vertebral Column, Posterolateral View" Anatomy figure: 02:01-09 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Superior and lateral views of typical ...

  3. Atlanto-axial joint - Wikipedia

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    The atlanto-axial joint is a joint between the atlas bone and the axis bone, which are the first and second cervical vertebrae.It is a pivot joint that provides 40 to 70% of axial rotation of the head.

  4. Cervical vertebrae - Wikipedia

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    The giraffe's neck is elongated by heterochrony, extension of the time for the embryonic development of these bones. [4] By convention, the cervical vertebrae are numbered, with the first one (C1) closest to the skull and higher numbered vertebrae (C2–C7) proceeding away from the skull and down the spine. The general characteristics of the ...

  5. Atlas (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    In anatomy, the atlas (C1) is the most superior (first) cervical vertebra of the spine and is located in the neck. The bone is named for Atlas of Greek mythology , just as Atlas bore the weight of the heavens, the first cervical vertebra supports the head . [ 1 ]

  6. Posterior triangle of the neck - Wikipedia

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    This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 563 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918) ^ Casale, Jarett; Geiger, Zachary (2022), "Anatomy, Head and Neck, Posterior Neck Triangle" , StatPearls , Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing, PMID 30725974 , retrieved 2023-01-19

  7. Semispinalis muscles - Wikipedia

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    It lies deep to the trapezius muscle and can be palpated as a firm round muscle mass just lateral to the cervical spinous processes. The semispinalis cervicis (or semispinalis colli ), arises by a series of tendinous and fleshy fibers from the transverse processes of the upper five or six thoracic vertebrae , and is inserted into the cervical ...

  8. Axis (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    In anatomy, the axis (from Latin axis, "axle") is the second cervical vertebra (C2) of the spine, immediately inferior to the atlas, upon which the head rests. The spinal cord passes through the axis. The defining feature of the axis is its strong bony protrusion known as the dens, which rises from the superior aspect of the bone.

  9. Superior cervical ganglion - Wikipedia

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    The superior cervical ganglion (SCG) is the upper-most and largest [1] of the cervical sympathetic ganglia of the sympathetic trunk. [1] [2] It probably formed by the union of four sympathetic ganglia of the cervical spinal nerves C1–C4. [1] It is the only ganglion of the sympathetic nervous system that innervates the head and neck.