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  2. Ossification center - Wikipedia

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    A primary ossification center is the first area of a bone to start ossifying. It usually appears during prenatal development in the central part of each developing bone. In long bones the primary centers occur in the diaphysis/shaft and in irregular bones the primary centers occur usually in the body of the bone. Most bones have only one ...

  3. Axis (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    The internal structure of the odontoid process is more compact than that of the body. The odontoid peg is the ascension of the atlas fused to the ascension of the axis. The peg has an articular facet at its front and forms part of a joint with the anterior arch of the atlas. It is a non-weight bearing joint.

  4. Alar ligament - Wikipedia

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    The alar ligaments are two strong, rounded cords of about 0.5 cm in diameter that run from the sides of the foramen magnum of the skull to the dens of the axis, the second cervical vertebra. [1]

  5. Ossification - Wikipedia

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    Diagram showing stages of endochondral ossification. Endochondral ossification is the formation of long bones and other bones. This requires a hyaline cartilage precursor. There are two centers of ossification for endochondral ossification. The primary center. In long bones, bone tissue first appears in the diaphysis (middle of shaft).

  6. Apical ligament of dens - Wikipedia

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    The ligament of apex dentis (or apical odontoid ligament) is a ligament that spans between the second cervical vertebra in the neck and the skull.It lies as a fibrous cord in the triangular interval between the alar ligaments, which extends from the tip of the odontoid process on the axis to the anterior margin of the foramen magnum, being intimately blended with the deep portion of the ...

  7. Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis - Wikipedia

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    Diagnosis requires confluent ossification of at least four contiguous vertebral bodies. [2] Classically, advanced disease may have "melted candle wax" appearance along the spine on radiographic studies. [13] In some cases, DISH may be manifested as ossification, or enthesis, in other parts of the skeleton.

  8. Clivus (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    Ossification of the apical ligament of dens may also occur, resulting in a variant bony tubercle at the inferior end of the clivus. [5] Condylus tertius and arcus praebasiocipitalis are the other two variations that can be found at the lower end of the clivus, although their etiology may be different from the other variations.

  9. Endochondral ossification - Wikipedia

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    A schematic for long bone endochondral ossification. In developing bones, ossification commences within the primary ossification center located in the center of the diaphysis (bone shaft), [5] where the following changes occur: The perichondrium surrounding the cartilage model transforms into the periosteum. During this transformation, special ...