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Bone structure of C3

Known as: C3 Vertebra, Third cervical vertebra 
The third of the seven cervical vertebrae.
National Institutes of Health

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Axis vertebraBody partBone structure of C4CDISC SDTM Anatomical Location Terminology

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Cervical VertebraeCervical spine

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Review
2009
Review
2009
Patterns of retropharyngeal node metastasis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Effects of a titratable oral appliance on supine airway size in awake non-apneic individuals.
STUDY OBJECTIVES To define morphological changes in the upper airway and its surrounding structures after the insertion of a… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Identification of stroke prone patients by panoramic radiography.
Stroke (cerebrovascular accident, CVA) is the third leading cause of death and an important cause of hospital admission and long… 
1995
1995
Occipitocervical arthrodesis in children. A new technique and analysis of results.
A new wiring technique for occipitocervical arthrodesis was used in sixteen consecutive children between 1985 and 1992. The… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Identification of stroke-prone patients by panoramic and cervical spine radiography.
OBJECTIVE To determine if calcified atherosclerotic lesions in the region of the bifurcation of the common carotid artery (a… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Homeotic transformation of cervical vertebrae in Hoxa-4 mutant mice.
Hoxa-4 (previously known as Hox-1.4) is a mouse homeobox-containing gene that is expressed in the presumptive hindbrain and… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Targeted disruptions of the murine Hoxa-4 and Hoxa-6 genes result in homeotic transformations of components of the vertebral column
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
The anterior retropharyngeal approach to the upper part of the cervical spine.
Since 1959, we have used a superior extension of the anterior approach to the cervical spine of Robinson and Smith in a… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Atlanto-axial arthrodesis by the wedge compression method.
Fifteen patients with atlanto-axial instability (secondary to os odontoideum in three, nonunion of an odontoid fracture in seven… 
Highly Cited
1958
Highly Cited
1958
Hypermobility of the cervical spine in children; a pitfall in the diagnosis of cervical dislocation.
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