“odontoid”

The following 2 entries include the term odontoid.

odontoid process

noun

: a toothlike process projecting from the anterior end of the centrum of the axis vertebra on which the atlas vertebra rotates

odontoid ligament

noun

: any of three ligaments that pass from the odontoid process to the margins of the foramen magnum


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