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Aztec (sh) and arcus anterior atlantis (medicine)


Aztec (sh)




Nahuatl-speaking people who in the 15th and early 16th centuries ruled a large empire in what is now central and southern Mexico.

They may have originated on the northern Mexican plateau before migrating to their later location. Their migration may have been linked to the collapse of the Toltec civilization. The Aztec empire, which at its height comprised roughly five to six million people spread over some 80,000 sq mi (200,000 sq km), was made possible by their successful agricultural methods, including intensive cultivation, irrigation, and reclamation of wetlands. The Aztec state was despotic, militaristic, and sharply stratified according to class and caste. Aztec Religion was syncretic, drawing especially on the beliefs of the Maya. The Aztec practiced human sacrifice, an activity that sometimes reached mass proportions. The empire came to an end when the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes took the emperor Montezuma II prisoner and conquered the great city Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico City). See also Nahua.


arcus anterior atlantis (medicine)


arcus anterior atlantis -->
anterior arch of atlas


An arch that connects the lateral masses of the atlas anteriorly and articulates with the anterior articular facet of the dens of the axis.

Synonym: arcus anterior atlantis.