| 单词 | odontoid process |
| 释义 | > as lemmasodontoid process odontoid process n. a toothlike projection from the body of the axis (second cervical vertebra) which articulates with the atlas (first cervical vertebra). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > bones > [noun] > projection from vertebra odontoid process1755 odontoid1851 odontoid peg1872 the world > animals > mammals > [noun] > parts of > projection on vertebra odontoid process1755 odontoid1851 odontoid peg1872 1755 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. IV. 3279/1 The second vertebra is called epistrophæus, and axis; in which we are to observe the dentiform or odontoide process. 1831 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. (ed. 2) 179 The posterior surface of this ligament rests upon the odontoid process. 1886 Amer. Naturalist 20 289 The centrum of the atlas is always represented by the odontoid process of the axis, and can be separated easily in the Crocodilia. 1939 T. L. Green Pract. Animal Biol. i. 154 Note the odontoid process of the axis and the facet for it on the atlas. 1987 D. J. Weatherall et al. Oxf. Textbk. Med. (ed. 2) II. xvi. 6/1 A network of ligaments including..the apical ligament of the odontoid process. < as lemmas |
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