The Atlas (1st Cervical Vertebra) Small 320×245 Medium 640×490 Large 1024×784 Download TIFF Original 2400×1838 | (386.8 KB) Description The atlas, which is the first cervical vertebra. Labels: Aa, body of atlas, D, odontoid process of axis; Fas, facet on upper side of atlas with which the skull articulates; L, transverse ligament; Frt, vertebral foramen. Keywords "atlas of spine", "cervical vertebra", atlas, vertebra Galleries Human Skeletal System Source: Martin, H. Newell The Human Body: A Text-book of Anatomy, Physiology and Hygiene (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1900) 25
