Epitransverse process of the atlas
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Epitransverse process is a rare anatomical variant of the altasatlas, whereconsisting of a bony bridgeexostosis which extends cephalad from from the transverse process of the atlas to articulate with the occipital bone. This process sometimes meets with a paracondylar process, forming a pseudoarthrosis at the interface.
-<p><strong>Epitransverse process </strong>is a rare anatomical variant of the altas, where a bony bridge extends cephalad from from the atlas </p>- +<p><strong>Epitransverse process </strong>is a rare anatomical variant of the <a href="/articles/atlas-c1">atlas</a>, consisting of a bony exostosis which extends cephalad from from the transverse process of the atlas to articulate with the <a href="/articles/occipital-bone">occipital bone</a>. This process sometimes meets with a <a href="/articles/paracondylar-process">paracondylar process</a>, forming a <a href="/articles/pseudoarthrosis">pseudoarthrosis</a> at the interface. </p>
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- 1. Taitz C. Bony observations of some morphological variations and anomalies of the craniovertebral region. Clinical anatomy (New York, N.Y.). 13 (5): 354-60. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/1098-2353(2000)13:5<354::AID-CA5>3.0.CO;2-6">doi:10.1002/1098-2353(2000)13:5<354::AID-CA5>3.0.CO;2-6</a> - <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10982995">Pubmed</a> <span class="ref_v4"></span>
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