This is a study book for people learning osteology or anatomy. It features all the bones of the post-cranial skeleton, improving on some previous books with more detailed images of the bones of the feet. Each bone has their common features labelle...
The human body typically has seven cervical vertebrae which make up your neck. They tend to be flatter, more rounded, and have very small bodies growing in size and shape to transition into the thoracic vertebra. The Atlas is the first cervical vertebra and it articulates directly with the condyles on the Occipital bone. It was so nicknamed because it holds up the "globe" of the skull like the mythological figure Atlas holds up the earth. The Axis is so named because it allows the head to turn using the dens.
Key Vocabulary: Odontoid/Dens - toothlike, it was felt this feature looked like a tooth by those who named it Process - a bony outgrowth that sticks out from its parent bone Spino - spike-like Transverse - sticking out horizontally Facet - place where another bone articulates with this bone
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