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odontoid process (dens)

A strong toothlike process projecting upward from the body of the axis (C2), around which the atlas rotates.

General

bony process

References

  1. Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999
  2. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999

Component-of

2nd cervical vertebra (C2)-axis

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