Lateral mass of atlas

Lateral mass of atlas

Infobox Bone
Name = Lateral mass of atlas
Latin = massa lateralis atlantis
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Caption = First cervical vertebra, or atlas. (Lateral mass labeled at center right.)


Caption2 = Articulation between odontoid process and atlas. (Lateral mass visible at left and right.)
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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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