“Axis (Epistropheus)” Axis (C2 or CV2) In our body, the second cervical vertebra (CV2) of the spine is named the Axis (Epistropheus, or Cervical Vertebra C2). The Axis (C2) sits upon the first intervertebral disk of the spinal column. In our body, a distinctive characteristic of the Axis (CV2) bone is the strong odontoid process (dens), which rises perpendicularly from the upper surface of the body. * [4402]
Axis (C2 or CV2) In our body, the second cervical vertebra (CV2) of the spine is named the Axis (Epistropheus, or Cervical Vertebra C2). The Axis (C2) sits upon the first intervertebral disk of the spinal column. In our body, a distinctive characteristic of the Axis (CV2) bone is the strong odontoid process (dens), which rises perpendicularly from the upper surface of the body. *