they then all rise gradually, All the cervical except the 2nd & 3rd are fixed. atlas measurements of atlas mml. Height vertical anterior face = 360 Breadth greatest across trans. proc. = 680 " across articular facets for occipital condyles = 395 axis Axis Height greatest = 370 Breadth " across trans. proc. = 830 Length upper trans. proc. (from face) = 250 " lower " " " " (.Left side) = 140 Breadth of articular facet for axis = 423 skull skull mme Length palateine = 710 Straight Breadth " = 320 Length maxilla from tip to base below = 2900 " skull straight below (tip to base of condyles) = 3710 " rostrum " = 2870 Straight Breadth " at middle (over curve) = 840 Length nasal = 265 Breadth of orbital process or frontal at orbit greater = 360 " " " " " inside orbit = 320 Distance from proximal end of maxilla (at nose) to the distal end of its orbital projection = 1135 Breadth across occipital condyles = 425 curved Depth of " " = 320 " Greatest breadth skull [squamosal] obtained by adding to the left side the dist. that the squamosal projects beyond the frontal process on the right] = 2110 + 100 = 2210 total