Espiral AtlasTransverse process of the atlas
processus transversus atlantis
Study entry
Description
It arises from the lateral mass; so it lies farther out than in the other vertebrae and makes the atlas the widest cervical vertebra.
Relations
The width increases the leverage of the muscles that attach to it.
Source: cap. 2, «Vértebras: vértebras cervicales» y tabla 2-1
Other structures in this region
- Body of the cervical vertebra
- Pedicle of the cervical vertebra
- Lamina of the cervical vertebra
- Vertebral foramen (cervical)
- Spinous process of the cervical vertebra
- Transverse process of the cervical vertebra
- Superior articular process of the cervical vertebra
- Inferior articular process of the cervical vertebra