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The first vertebra, which meets the skull's occipital condyles, is the:

AAtlas
BAxis
CSacrum
DCoccyx
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Atlas
1. The skull rests on the top of the vertebral column. 2. The topmost vertebra carries it. 3. That vertebra is the atlas. _Source: syllabus Biology, Chapter 20, Locomotion and Movement._
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