odontoid
Americanadjective
adjective
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toothlike
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of or relating to the odontoid process
Etymology
Origin of odontoid
First recorded in 1700–10, odontoid is from the Greek word odontoeidḗs “toothlike.” See odont-, -oid
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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.
From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell
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
In development the centrum of the axis ossifies from one centre, and the odontoid, peg from another, which at that time occupies the position of centrum of the atlas.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
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
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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