odontoid process
Britishnoun
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The odontoid process of the axis is wide, flat, and hollowed above, as in the ruminants.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
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.
From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell
Fracture of the odontoid process may occur, however, without displacement, the transverse ligament retaining the fragment in position and protecting the cord from injury.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
Vanderpool of Bellevue Hospital, N.Y., describes a fracture of the odontoid process caused by a fall on the back of the head; death, however, did not ensue until six months later.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
When this occurs suddenly, the odontoid process may impinge on the medulla and upper part of the cord and cause sudden death.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
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