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atlanto-occipital

atlanto-occipital is the alternative form of atlantooccipital.

Meaning of atlantooccipital

Adjective

atlantooccipital (not comparable)

  1. Situated between the superior articular facets of the atlas and the condyles of the occipital bone.
    • Briefly, the rats were chronically implanted with catheters; they were anesthetized with ketamine and xylazine (75 mg/kg, 12 mg/kg, resp.), were placed in a stereotaxic frame, and underwent surgical procedures that exposed the atlantooccipital membrane by means of an incision in the neck.2015 June 4, Norma Carrillo-Munguía et al., “Tramadol and Tramadol+Caffeine Synergism in the Rat Formalin Test Are Mediated by Central Opioid and Serotonergic Mechanisms”, in BioMed Research...

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Questions about atlanto-occipital

What is atlanto-occipital the alternative form of?
Atlanto-occipital is the alternative form of atlantooccipital.

Words near atlanto-occipital in the dictionary

  1. Atlantist
  2. Atlantists
  3. atlantite
  4. Atlantium
  5. atlanto-
  6. atlanto-occipital
  7. atlantoaxial
  8. atlantoccipital
  9. atlantodental
  10. atlantoepistrophic
  11. atlantogenatan

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