The internal structure of the odontoid process is more compact than that of the body.
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In some judicial hangings the odontoid process may break and hit the medulla oblongata, causing death.
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The most distinctive characteristic of this bone is the strong odontoid process ( dens ) that rises perpendicularly from the upper surface of the body.
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Atlanto-axial subluxation can occur, owing to erosion of the odontoid process and / or transverse ligaments in the cervical spine's connection to the skull.
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The most distinctive characteristic of this bone is the strong odontoid process known as the "'dens "'which rises perpendicularly from the upper surface of the body.
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A widening of the atlanto-axial joint, as measured between the posterior surface of the anterior arch of atlas and the front of the odontoid process, indicates an injury to the transverse atlantal ligament.
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The neck of the odontoid process is constricted where it is embraced posteriorly by the transverse ligament, so that this ligament suffices to retain the odontoid process in position after all the other ligaments have been divided.
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The neck of the odontoid process is constricted where it is embraced posteriorly by the transverse ligament, so that this ligament suffices to retain the odontoid process in position after all the other ligaments have been divided.
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The African bullfrog ( " Pyxicephalus " ), which preys on relatively large animals such as mice and other frogs, has cone shaped bony projections called odontoid processes at the front of the lower jaw which function like teeth.
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As it crosses the odontoid process, a small fasciculus ( " crus superius " ) is prolonged upward, and another ( " crus inferius " ) downward, from the superficial or posterior fibers of the ligament.
