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Sentence Examples
| One of the serious complications of RA result from involvement of the synovium around the odontoid process. |
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| The axis possesses an ovate odontoid process for articulation with the preceding atlas. |
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| 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. |
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| There is one cervical vertebra with a characteristic projection called the odontoid process and two large facets for articulation with the skull. |
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| A retardation of ossification of the odontoid process and an increased incidence of lumbar ribs were also noted. |
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| These include the opisthion, basion, clivus, hard palate, atlas, pedicle of axis, and tip of the odontoid process. |
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| The tectorial membrane limits extension, while odontoid impaction on the basion limits flexion. |
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| 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. |
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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. |
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| The odontoid process of the axis is still more concave than in Poebrotherium, but not spout-like as in existing forms. |
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| The odontoid process of the axis vertebra is somewhat cheese-taster shaped, as in recent Artiodactyles. |
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| The cervical rib articulates with two little irregularities on the odontoid process. |
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| The odontoid process of the axis is short and blunt, or may be completely wanting. |
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| When this occurs suddenly, the odontoid process may impinge on the medulla and upper part of the cord and cause sudden death. |
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| The first vertebra has nothing of the nature of an odontoid process. |
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