A surgeon is first on the scene after a serious automobile accident. He finds a passenger bleeding profusely from the neck and correctly surmises that the bleeding is from the carotid artery. To control the bleeding, the surgeon can compress the carotid artery against the anterior tubercle of which of the following vertebrae?

1. A)Sixth cervicalGABARITO
2. B)Second cervical
3. C)Fourth cervical
4. D)Fifth cervical
5. E)Third cervical