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odontoid process
noun
- anatomy the toothlike upward projection at the back of the second vertebra of the neck
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The cervical rib (fig. 41, 9) articulates with two little irregularities on the odontoid process.
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In Lacertilia and Crocodilia (fig. 41, 3) the axis has a well-marked odontoid process.
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The atlas is small and ring-like, and its centrum is fused with the axis forming the odontoid process.
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The axis has a long odontoid process and a high compressed neural spine (fig. 69, B, 4).
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The axis has a prominent spine and odontoid process and short transverse processes.
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