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odontoid process

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noun

  1. anatomy the toothlike upward projection at the back of the second vertebra of the neck

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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 Blaisdell, Albert F.

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

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 Blaisdell, Albert F.

Change of form of the odontoid process of the second or axis vertebrae from a cone to a hollow half-cylinder.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various

The odontoid process of the second vertebra is pig-like: and the tibia and fibula and radius and ulna are severally distinct.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various

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