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Noun Concept
Categories: Bones of the thorax, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918), Articles with short description
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axis  axis vertebra  axis bone  C2  C2 vertebra
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The 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head WordNet 3.0
English:
anatomy
vertebra
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The 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In anatomy, the axis or epistropheus is the second cervical vertebra of the spine, immediately inferior to the atlas, upon which the head rests. Wikipedia
The second cervical vertebra of the spine Wikipedia Disambiguation
Second cervical vertebra of the spine Wikidata
The second cervical vertebra of the spine. OmegaWiki
Second cervical vertebra. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
cervical vertebra
bone
vertebra
HAS PART
odontoid process
PART OF
cervical spine
CONNECTS WITH
atlas
C3 vertebra
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Otto's encyclopedia
FOLLOWED BY
C3 vertebra
FOLLOWS
atlas
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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axis, axis vertebra
Wikipedia
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axis (anatomy)
Wikidata
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axis
Wiktionary
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axis
OmegaWiki
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axis
Wikipedia Redirections
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Axis (vertebra), axis bone, axis vertebra, C2 vertebra, cervical vertebra 2, dens (anatomy), Dens axis, Dens fracture, epistropheus, Fracture of the dens, odontoid, odontoid peg, os odontoideum, Ossification of axis, Ossification of axis bone, Ossification of axis bones, Ossification of the axis, Ossification of the axis bone, Ossification of the axis bones, second cervical vertebra, Second cervical vertebrae, Vertebra cervicalis II
Wikidata Alias
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axis vertebra, C2, C2 vertebra, cervical vertebra 2, epistropheus, second cervical vertebra

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