odontoid bone — 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 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 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 — placoid scale (a type of scale, typically thorn shaped, found on the skin of Elasmobranchii and claspers of Holocephali. Consists of a spine and a basal plate which is usually rhomboidal. It contains a pulp cavity and is composed of an inner… … Dictionary of ichthyology
dens axis — [TA] tooth of axis: the toothlike process that projects from the superior surface of the body of the axis, ascending to articulate with the atlas; called also d. epistrophei, odontoid bone, odontoid apophysis, odontoid process of axis, and tooth… … Medical dictionary
Dens (anatomy) — Bone: Dens (anatomy) Second cervical vertebra, or epistropheus, from above. (Dens labeled at center top.) … Wikipedia
Axis (anatomy) — Bone: Axis (anatomy) Second cervical vertebra, or epistropheus, from above … Wikipedia
Cervical vertebrae — Bone: Cervical vertebrae Vertebral column … Wikipedia
Clivus (anatomy) — Bone: Clivus (anatomy) Superior view of the clivus … Wikipedia
