"Atlanto-Occipital Joint" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The point of articulation between the OCCIPITAL BONE and the CERVICAL ATLAS.
| Descriptor ID |
D001269
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.583.101
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| Concept/Terms |
Atlanto-Occipital Joint- Atlanto-Occipital Joint
- Atlanto Occipital Joint
- Atlanto-Occipital Joints
- Joint, Atlanto-Occipital
- Joints, Atlanto-Occipital
- Atloido-Occipital Joint
- Atloido Occipital Joint
- Atloido-Occipital Joints
- Joint, Atloido-Occipital
- Joints, Atloido-Occipital
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Atlanto-Occipital Joint" by people in Profiles.
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Anatomical study of the ventral neurovascular structures and hypoglossal canal for the surgery of the upper cervical spine. J Clin Neurosci. 2020 Jan; 71:245-249.
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Biomechanical and morphometric evaluation of occipital condyle for occipitocervical segmental fixation. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 2011; 51(10):701-6.
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Three-dimensional morphology and kinematics of the craniovertebral junction in rheumatoid arthritis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2010 Nov 01; 35(23):E1278-84.