odontoid process

odontoid process
noun
a toothlike process at the back of 2nd vertebra of the neck
• Hypernyms: ↑process, ↑outgrowth, ↑appendage
• Part Holonyms: ↑axis, ↑axis vertebra

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noun
: a toothlike process that projects from the anterior end of the centrum of the axis vertebra, serves as a pivot on which the atlas vertebra rotates, and is morphologically the centrum of the atlas though detached from that vertebra and more or less perfectly united with the next one behind

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  • Odontoid process — Odontoid O*don toid, a. [Gr. ?; odoy s, odo ntos, a tooth + e i^dos form: cf. F. odonto[ i]de.] (Anat.) (a) Having the form of a tooth; toothlike. (b) Of or pertaining to the odontoid bone or to the odontoid process. [1913 Webster] {Odontoid… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • odontoid process — n DENS * * * a toothlike process from the upper surface of the axis vertebra. See cervical vertebrae …   Medical dictionary

  • odontoid process — noun Date: circa 1819 a toothlike process projecting from the anterior end of the centrum of the axis vertebra on which the atlas vertebra rotates …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • odontoid process — a toothlike process from the upper surface of the axis vertebra. See: cervical vertebrae …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • odontoid process of axis — dens axis …   Medical dictionary

  • Odontoid — O*don toid, a. [Gr. ?; odoy s, odo ntos, a tooth + e i^dos form: cf. F. odonto[ i]de.] (Anat.) (a) Having the form of a tooth; toothlike. (b) Of or pertaining to the odontoid bone or to the odontoid process. [1913 Webster] {Odontoid bone} (Anat.) …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Odontoid bone — Odontoid O*don toid, a. [Gr. ?; odoy s, odo ntos, a tooth + e i^dos form: cf. F. odonto[ i]de.] (Anat.) (a) Having the form of a tooth; toothlike. (b) Of or pertaining to the odontoid bone or to the odontoid process. [1913 Webster] {Odontoid… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Odontoid peg — Odontoid O*don toid, a. [Gr. ?; odoy s, odo ntos, a tooth + e i^dos form: cf. F. odonto[ i]de.] (Anat.) (a) Having the form of a tooth; toothlike. (b) Of or pertaining to the odontoid bone or to the odontoid process. [1913 Webster] {Odontoid… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • odontoid — [ə(ʊ) dɒntɔɪd] (also odontoid process) noun Anatomy a projection from the second cervical vertebra (axis) on which the first (atlas) can pivot. Origin C19: from Gk odontoeidēs, from odous, odont tooth + eidos form …   English new terms dictionary

  • odontoid ligament — noun : any of three ligaments that pass from the odontoid process to the margins of the foramen magnum …   Useful english dictionary

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