odontoid process

noun

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

Example Sentences

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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