Chamberlain line

Cham·ber·lain line

(chām'bĕr-lin),

a line drawn from the posterior margin of the hard palate to the dorsum of the foramen magnum; in basilar impression, the odontoid process rises above this line.

Cham·ber·lain line

(chām'bĕr-lăn līn)

Imaginary delimit at base of skull running between the dorsal tip of the foramen magnum and the dorsal margin of the hard palate; normally lies above the tip of the odontoid process of the axis.

Chamberlain,

W.E., U.S. radiologist, 1891-1947.

Chamberlain line - a line drawn from the posterior margin of the hard palate to the dorsum of the foramen magnum.