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odontoid process

NOUN
  1. a toothlike process at the back of 2nd vertebra of the neck

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  • The axis possesses an ovate odontoid process for articulation with the preceding atlas.
  • The cervical curve, convex forward, begins at the apex of the odontoid process, and ends at the middle of the second thoracic vertebra; it is the least marked of all the curves. II. Osteology. 3b. The Vertebral Column as a Whole
  • The odontoid process of the axis vertebra is the centrum of the atlas (p. 120). Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
  • Put the right forefinger of the other hand up through the front part to represent the odontoid process of the axis, and place some absorbent cotton through the other part to represent the spinal cord. A Practical Physiology
  • The joints frequently communicate with that between the posterior surface of the odontoid process and the transverse ligament of the atlas. III. Syndesmology. 5c. Articulations of the Vertebral Column with the Cranium
  • One of the serious complications of RA result from involvement of the synovium around the odontoid process.
  • Thus, when we turn the head to the right or left, the skull and the atlas move together, both rotating on the odontoid process of the axis. A Practical Physiology
  • It is a broad, strong bands which covers the odontoid process and its ligaments, and appears to be a prolongation upward of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the vertebral column. III. Syndesmology. 5c. Articulations of the Vertebral Column with the Cranium
  • On the upper surface of the axis, the second vertebra, is a peg or process, called the _odontoid process_ from its resemblance to a tooth. A Practical Physiology
  • —The alar ligaments are strong, rounded cords, which arise one on either side of the upper part of the odontoid process, and, passing obliquely upward and lateralward, are inserted into the rough depressions on the medial sides of the condyles of the occipital bone. III. Syndesmology. 5c. Articulations of the Vertebral Column with the Cranium
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