The second cervical vertebra.
An anatomical variant of the cervical vertebra axis in which the ODONTOID PROCESS is unfused from the body of the axis.
Synonyms: Os Odontoideum, C2 Vertebras, Vertebra Axis, Cervical, Axis, Cervical Vertebra, C2 Vertebra, Cervical Vertebra Axis, Epistropheus
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2016; see AXIS 1966-2015 ,2016 (1966)
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D001368
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