- Occipitoaxial
- Occipitoaxial Oc*cip`i*to*ax"i*al, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the occipital bone and second vertebra, or axis. [1913 Webster]
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Occipitoaxial
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occipitoaxial, occipitoaxoid — Relating to the occipital bone and the axis, or epistropheus … Medical dictionary
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ligamento occipitoaxial — Véase membrana tectoria. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 … Diccionario médico
Ligament — A ligament is a tough band of connective tissue that connects various structures such as two bones. Ligament is a fitting term; it comes from the Latin ligare meaning to bind or tie. * * * 1. A band or sheet of fibrous tissue connecting two or… … Medical dictionary
Tectorial membrane (axis) — Infobox Anatomy Name = Tectorial membrane (axis) Latin = membrana tectoria GraySubject = 74 GrayPage = 296 Caption = Membrana tectoria, transverse, and alar ligaments. (Membrana tectoria labeled at far left.) Caption2 = Median sagittal section… … Wikipedia
membrane — 1. A thin sheet or layer of pliable tissue, serving as a covering or envelope of a part, as the lining of a cavity, as a partition or septum, or to connect two structures. SYN: membrana [TA]. 2. SYN: biomembrane. [L. membrana, a skin or m … Medical dictionary
