A 500-million-year-old fossil from Morocco, discovered by Natural History Museum scientists, is offering extraordinary new ...

Photographs and interpretative drawings of the articulated cervical series of Rhamphorhynchus muensteri, which are presented from the atlas-axis to the sixth vertebra in ventral view and from the ...

When RA damages the neck’s synovial joints, the cervical spine can become unstable. While there are many synovial joints in the cervical spine, RA tends to attack the one between the atlas and the ...

Jack developed a degenerative condition that affected the joint between his atlas and axis vertebrae in the neck — atlantoaxial osteoarthritis (AAOA) — and a condition that affects the bones ...

It is made up of the atlas (C1) and the axis (C2). These vertebrae are atypical and are different in shape and function from the rest of the cervical vertebrae.

Signals relayed to motor neurons from the brain enable muscle movement, but these signals typically pass through spinal interneurons before they reach their destination. How the brain and this highly ...

This suggests that the individuals may have been butchered and then cannibalized. According to the study, there were signs of cutting and removing certain arm and leg bones from the torso. Atlas and ...

X-ray study of the cervical spine revealed marked dislocation of the atlas on the axis. In a Thomas collar headaches were relieved, and muscle spasm decreased.

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The first vertebra, called C1 or atlas, can be found at the base of your skull and is responsible for holding your head upright. The second vertebra, C2 (axis), allows C1 to pivot against it so ...