epistropheus
150 pxThe position of the epistropheus.
Meaning
Noun
- The second cervical vertebra of the spine which forms the pivot upon which the first cervical vertebra (the atlas), which carries the head, rotates.
Related
Similar words
- axis
- vertebra dentata
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