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atlantal

 [at-lan´t'l]
pertaining to the atlas.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

at·lan·tal

(at-lan'tăl),
Relating to the atlas.
Synonym(s): atloid
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

at·lan·tal

(at-lan'tăl)
Relating to the atlas.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
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Sonntag, "Injuries involving the transverse atlantal ligament: classification and treatment guidelines based upon experience with 39 injuries," Neurosurgery, vol.
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(5) Transverse atlantal rupture with C1 tubercle avulsion (Figure 3) is more likely to heal with nonoperative treatment than is a purely ligamentous TAL injury.
Characterizing traumatic spinal injury at the atlantoaxial junction
The first part involves insonation of the vessel at the sub-occipital level where the artery runs along the atlantal transverse process.
Pre-manipulative testing: where do we go from here?
Twenty heads, severed at the occipito atlantal joint were obtained from freshly slaughtered WAD sheep.
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Permed ends
Twenty-eight of these patients had a coexisting elongation of the transverse atlantal ligament and a malfunction in the contralateral alar ligament.
MRI video diagnosis and surgical therapy of soft tissue trauma to the craniocervical junction
A slight constriction accommodates the transverse atlantal ligament.
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Should, for example, the Atlantal or other smelter project be undertaken, the National Economic Institute estimates that real GDP growth would jump an average of 1 3/4 percentage points over the first three years of construction.
Recent trends and projections
By 1992, construction of the Atlantal aluminium smelter project is expected to begin, which should boost investment and GDP, as well as imports, over the several years of construction.
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From ventral to dorsal these are the alar ligament (oblique fibers connect the dens to occipital condyles), cruciate ligament (connects posterior dens to anterior atlas arch, with strong horizontal transverse atlantal ligament, and vertical fibers connecting the posterior atlas to the foramen magnum), and tectorial membrane (cranial extension of the posterior longitudinal ligament connecting posterior C2 to the anterior foramen magnum).
Occult Cranial Cervical Dislocation: A Case Report and Brief Literature Review
Fusion of separated odontoid process with anterior atlantal arch.
Study of atlanto-axial fusion--[C1 and C2 vertebral synostosis] among 200 atlas vertebrae

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