C1 Assimilation


KEY FACTS

Terminology

  • Synonyms: Atlantooccipital assimilation, atlantal assimilation, “occipitalization”

  • Nonresegmentation of proatlas sclerotome → failure of C1 to correctly segment from occipital bone

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