Lateral mass of atlas
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| First cervical vertebra, or atlas. (Lateral mass labeled at center right.) | |
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| Articulation between odontoid process and atlas. (Lateral mass visible at left and right.) | |
| Latin | massa lateralis atlantis |
| Gray's | subject #21 99 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | m_04/12515858 |
The lateral masses are the most bulky and solid parts of the atlas, in order to support the weight of the head.
Each carries two articular facets, a superior and an inferior.
It is the origin of the obliquus capitis superior and the insertion of the obliquus capitis inferior.
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general structures: body of vertebra, vertebral arch (pedicle, lamina, vertebral notch), foramina (vertebral, intervertebral), processes (transverse, articular, spinous) cervical vertebrae: C1 (anterior arch, posterior arch, lateral mass), C2 (dens), C7, posterior tubercle, foramen transversarium thoracic vertebrae: costal facets (superior, inferior, transverse) lumbar vertebrae: accessory process, mammillary process sacrum/coccyx: pelvic surface (anterior sacral foramina, dorsal surface (posterior sacral foramina, median sacral crest, medial sacral crest, lateral sacral crest), lateral surface, base, sacral hiatus |
