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and in these respects the form of I 



spinous process is the up] - 



known as the i 



entirely or almost entirel) 



the other cervical vertebr; 



The first i atla 



peculiarities. The tx> 



mary posterior arch which th 



plan- being taken by a promii i 



there is an anterior tubercle uj 



it po upper and two li 



vertebral not( hes an nt. 



In tlu- atlas there are distinguishal 



connecting lateral m which arc tl 



shorter and weaker but higher than th< 



projection, the anterior tubercle; p 



shallow articular surfai articulc 



or dens of the axis (the second cervical \ 

 The posterior arch of the at! 

 ■r tubercle, a rudiment of the spini 

 ■vical' vertebrae (and in fact of all th< 

 upon its upper surface near the- pedicl 

 broad and deep, and which is occupied by th< 

 bridged over and converted into a foramen 



The inner portion of each lateral 

 into the anterior part of the spinal canal, 

 compartment, for the reception ^i th< 

 partmenl. This posterior compartment i 

 cord. Uj)on the upper surfai 

 reception of the occipital condyles. I 

 to the convexity of the condyles, they 

 and without. In the middle thi 

 surface of the lateral m. re found tl 



with the second cervical vertebra and r 

 than do the superior articular 

 surf act 



The transverse pro 'libit the - 



all the cervical vertebrae, but are larger. 1 

 sarium, but the sulcus nervi spinalis and th 



The second cervical vertebra 1 

 occiput and the atlas rotate upoi 

 body has adherent to it the original body of I * 



