1PG Student, Dept. of Anatomy, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
2Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anatomy, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
3Professor, Dept. of Anatomy, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
The Atlas/1st cervical vertebra doesn't have a body in the normal circumstances and its body represented by odontoid process of the Axis/2nd cervical vertebra, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 here we present a case report of an atlas vertebra with the odontoid process used to it forming the centrum/body& also the transverse ligament has been ossified, this variation can be congenital/acquired and knowledge of this variation important during cervical spine surgeries, interpretation of skiagrams by radiologists.1, 2, 3
Atlas, Axis, Odontoid process, Osodontoideum
