Posterior arch

Posterior arch

Infobox Bone
Name = Posterior arch
Latin = arcus posterior atlantis
GraySubject = 21
GrayPage = 99


Caption = First cervical vertebra, or atlas. (Poster. arch labeled at bottom center.)


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In a cervical vertebra, the posterior arch forms about two-fifths of the circumference of the ring: it ends behind in the posterior tubercle, which is the rudiment of a spinous process and gives origin to the Recti capitis posteriores minores.


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