odon·toid process /oˈdɑnˌtɔɪd-/
odontoid process 名詞
齒狀突(樞椎)
O·don·toid a. Anat. (a) Having the form of a tooth; toothlike. (b) Of or pertaining to the odontoid bone or to the odontoid process.
Odontoid bone Anat., a separate bone, in many reptiles, corresponding to the odontoid process.
Odontoid process, or Odontoid peg Anat., the anterior process of the centrum of the second vertebra, or axis, in birds and mammals. See Axis.
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odontoid process
n : a toothlike process at the back of 2nd vertebra of the neck