Superior and inferior articular facets : Each vertebra has two sets of facet joints. One pair faces upward (superior articular facet) and one downward (inferior articular […]
Axis : Is the second cervical vertebra, commonly called C2. The most distinctive characteristic of this bone is the strong odontoid process known as the dens, […]
Atlas : Is the first cervical vertebra, commonly called C1. It differs from the other cervical vertebrae in that it has no body or spinous process. […]
Articular processes : Two superior and two inferior, spring from the junctions of the pedicles and laminae :زوائد مفصلی به شکل دو زائده فوقانی و تحتانی […]
