The odontoid process of the second vertebra must be regarded, from its being separated from it in the foetus, as a particular cervical vertebra.
When this occurs suddenly, the odontoid process may impinge on the medulla and upper part of the cord and cause sudden death.
Fracture of theodontoid process may occur, however, without displacement, the transverse ligament retaining the fragment in position and protecting the cord from injury.
Of or pertaining to the odontoid bone or to the odontoid process.
Odontoid process of second vertebra in the form of a crescent, hollow above.
The odontoid process of the second vertebra is pig-like: and the tibia and fibula and radius and ulna are severally distinct.
Odontoid process of second vertebra semi-cylindrical; skull with a sagittal crest; and the condyle of the lower jaw rounded.
Change of form of theodontoid process of the second or axis vertebrae from a cone to a hollow half-cylinder.
Found hanging on a tree; usual signs; odontoid process fractured; rope in a double noose without knot, a common dooree, such as is used for drawing water.
Fracture of the odontoid process of the axis, which regularly occurs in hanging, may occur from falls on the head, etc.
Distinct mark of cord around neck; no other mark of violence; laceration of larynx and dislocation of odontoid process; hands clinched; involuntary discharge of semen; thoracic and abdominal organs normal.
The first vertebra has nothing of the nature of an odontoid process.
The odontoid process at an early stage becomes fused with the centrum of the second cervical vertebra, and the number of thoraco-lumbar vertebrae is always nineteen.
The =centrum= or =odontoid process= has a convex anterior surface for articulation with the neural and inferior arches, and a concave posterior surface by which it is united with the centrum of the second or axis vertebra.
It surrounds a large cavity partially divided into a larger dorsal portion, which is the neural canal, and a smaller ventral portion which lodges the odontoid process.
Among the Artiodactyla two forms of the odontoid process of the axis occurs; in the Suina and Tragulina it is conical, in the Ruminantia and Tylopoda it is spout-like (fig.
This resembles an odontoid process, and it has hence been supposed that the first vertebra is homologous with the axis of mammalia, and that the atlas of the frog is fused with the skull.
The vertebral centra have no epiphyses, and the odontoid process remains for a long time free from the centrum of the second vertebra.
An odontoid process is not commonly present even in Cetaceans with free cervical vertebrae, but a very short one occurs in the Rorquals.
The long and broad centrum has a very flat dorsal surface, and is produced in front into the conical =odontoid process= (fig.
The atlas is small and ring-like, and its centrum is fused with the axis forming the odontoid process.
The axis has a long odontoid process and a high compressed neural spine (fig.
Secondly, the axis has a better trace of an odontoid process than in any other Whale except Platanista, where it is even more obvious.
This fact shows that the spout-like character of the Camels' odontoid process is not a point of affinity to other Artiodactyles--in fact the occurrence of the same form of odontoid process in Perissodactyles is enough proof of this.
The odontoid process of the second {352} vertebra, though hardly at all marked, is nevertheless really present and developed from a bony centre of its own, as in other mammals.
The odontoid process of the axis vertebra is somewhat cheese-taster shaped, as in recent Artiodactyles.
The odontoid process of the axis is just beginning to assume the characteristic spout-like shape of that of the existing Horse and many modern Ungulates.
The odontoid process of the axis is still more concave than in Poebrotherium, but not spout-like as in existing forms.
The odontoid process of the axis vertebra is not spout-like as in existing forms, but cylindrical, though slightly flattened upon the upper surface.
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.
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.
On the upper surface of the axis, the second vertebra, is a peg or process, called the odontoid process from its resemblance to a tooth.
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