Morphometry of the hypoglossal canal, occipital condyle, and foramen magnum

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 121-125

  Kizilkanat, Emine Dondu ^a   Boyan, Neslihan ^a   Soames, Roger ^b   Oguz, Ozkan ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Foramen magnum; Hypoglossal canal; Morphometry; Occipital condyle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; MORPHOMETRICS; OCCIPITAL BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 33748452067     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnq.0000214018.49915.49     Document Type: Article

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