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The cervical vertebra called axis provides head with sideways rotation. This can be because

Option: 1

It is articulated to skull through occipital condyles 


Option: 2

It is fused with 1st vertebra atlas


Option: 3

It is joined through elastic pads of fibrocartilage with other vertebrae, which provide mobility


Option: 4

It contains odontoid process that fits into the odontoid canal of atlas


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As we learn

vertebra -

Each vertebra has a central hollow portion (neural canal) through which the spinal cord passes.

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First vertebra is the atlas and it articulates with the occipital condyles.

 

 Correct option is 4

 

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