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... > Tissues > Connective Tissue > Bone and Bones > Spine > Cervical Vertebrae > Axis, Cervical Vertebra > Odontoid Process
... > Musculoskeletal System > Skeleton > Bone and Bones > Spine > Cervical Vertebrae > Axis, Cervical Vertebra > Odontoid Process

Preferred term

Odontoid Process  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Axis, Dens
  • Dens Axis

Note

  • a part of the AXIS; not a dental term

Scope note

  • The toothlike process on the upper surface of the axis, which articulates with the CERVICAL ATLAS above.

History note

  • 91(85); was see under AXIS 1985-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009809

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