Quantitative anatomy of the lateral mass of the atlas

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 860-863

  Dong, Yin ^a   Hong, M Xia ^b   Jianyi, Li ^a   Lin, M Yuan ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Liu Hua Qiao Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Lateral mass; Quantitative measurement

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLAS; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; ATLAS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION;

EID: 0037626152     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200305010-00004     Document Type: Article

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