odontoid process

British  

noun

1. anatomy the toothlike upward projection at the back of the second vertebra of the neck

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Example Sentences

The odontoid process of the axis is wide, flat, and hollowed above, as in the ruminants.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various

Vanderpool of Bellevue Hospital, N.Y., describes a fracture of the odontoid process caused by a fall on the back of the head; death, however, did not ensue until six months later.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

The odontoid process of the second vertebra is pig-like: and the tibia and fibula and radius and ulna are severally distinct.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various

Put the right forefinger of the other hand up through the front part to represent the odontoid process of the axis, and place some absorbent cotton through the other part to represent the spinal cord.

From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.

Change of form of the odontoid process of the second or axis vertebrae from a cone to a hollow half-cylinder.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various