Zweiter Halswirbel (Axis) — BodySignal™

The second cervical vertebra bears the name Axis — the axle. It is the vertebra around which your head turns. Without it you could not look left or right, could not turn your gaze, could not shake your head. Anatomically it is unique: its odontoid process projects upward like a peg into the atlas and forms the pivot joint that gives you the freedom to change your perspective. When this vertebra becomes diseased — whether through wear, instability, inflammation, or blockage — it restricts precisely that freedom: you can no longer turn around. You can no longer change your angle of view.