Assertion: odontoid process | /r/HasProperty | den
Facets:
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The odontoid process (also dens or odontoid peg) is a protuberance (process or projection) of the Axis (second cervical vertebra).
text: One of the unique features of this joint is a peg of bone called the odontoid process (sometimes called the dens).
text: The odontoid process, also known as the dens, is an upward projectile of bone that arises from the front part of the center of the axis vertebra.
text: Axis Osteology axis has odontoid process (dens) and body embryology develops from five ossification centers subdental (basilar)
text: A fracture of the odontoid process (dens) can create instability of the head on the spine.
text: The axis has a large vertebral body, which contains the odontoid process (dens).
text: The transverse ligament, the major portion of the cruciate ligament, arises from tubercles on the atlas and stretches across its anterior ring while holding the odontoid process (dens) against the anterior arch.
text: Vertebral osteomyelitis is uncommon, and osteomyelitis of the odontoid process (dens) has rarely been reported in the pediatric population.
text: The odontoid process (dens, processus epitrophysis)
text: Axis Osteology axis has odontoid process (dens) and body embryology develops from five ossification centers subdental (basilar)
text: Background Development of the odontoid process (dens) involves a primary ossification center and a secondary ossification center.