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How to use odontoid in a sentence

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One of the serious complications of RA result from involvement of the synovium around the odontoid process.
The axis possesses an ovate odontoid process for articulation with the preceding atlas.
Some months ago a less than dramatic surfing accident left me with an odontoid fracture and an abrupt suspension of my life as a research paediatrician in the Gambia.
There is one cervical vertebra with a characteristic projection called the odontoid process and two large facets for articulation with the skull.
A retardation of ossification of the odontoid process and an increased incidence of lumbar ribs were also noted.
These include the opisthion, basion, clivus, hard palate, atlas, pedicle of axis, and tip of the odontoid process.
The tectorial membrane limits extension, while odontoid impaction on the basion limits flexion.
In types 2 and 3 atlantoaxial facetal dislocations, atlantodental interval is not altered and the odontoid process does not directly indent into the neural structures.
Examples from Classical Literature
Change of form of the odontoid process of the second or axis vertebrae from a cone to a hollow half-cylinder.
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 somewhat cheese-taster shaped, as in recent Artiodactyles.
The cervical rib articulates with two little irregularities on the odontoid process.
The odontoid process of the axis is short and blunt, or may be completely wanting.
When this occurs suddenly, the odontoid process may impinge on the medulla and upper part of the cord and cause sudden death.
The first vertebra has nothing of the nature of an odontoid process.
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