Atlas.
(Of thelat.)Atlas, and this of theg ?(do do t? to?, name of the giant who was supposed to be that the vault of heaven, he maintained with his shoulders).
1. m. collection of geographical, historical, maps etc., in a volume.
2. m. collection of plates, most often attached to a work.
3. (Because it holds the head immediately). m. Anat. First vertebra of the neck, articulated with the skull through the cóndilos of the occipital. It is not well differentiated than in the reptiles, birds and mammals.
