Osteology Ligament Of Vertebral Column

Front 1

3 ligaments that touch vertebral body

Back 1

1. anterior longitudinal lig. (ALL)
2. Posterior Longitudinal lig. (PLL)
3. intervertebral disc (IVD)

Front 2

Location of:
1. ALL
2. PLL
3. IVD

Back 2

1. axis to sacrum, anterior to vertebral body, tightly attached to disc
2. posterior to vertebral body inside canal, loose attachment to IVD (basivertebral veins)
3. 23 total, from axis to sacrum

Front 3

Neural arch: articular capsule
1. surrouds what?
2. movement
3. location

Back 3

1. articular facets
2. gliding
3. C3-S1

Front 4

Ligamentum Flava (yellow ligament)
1. connects what?
2. which vertebrae?
3. location

Back 4

1. lamina
2. C2-S1
3. mosterior posterior ligament of vertebral canal

Front 5

Interspinous ligamnets
1. location

Back 5

1. between spinous processes C2-S3

Front 6

Supraspinous ligament
1. specific location
2. vertebrae

Back 6

1. connects tips of spinous processes
2. C7 - median sacral crest

Front 7

Intertransverse ligament
1. specific location
2. size differences between vertebrae types

Back 7

1. between transverse processes
2. cervical - scant or absent; throacics - round and cord-like; lumbars - thin

Front 8

Ligamentum nuchae
1. cartilage type?
2. location

Back 8

1. fibroelastic
2. from EOP and median nuchal line to spinous process of C7

Front 9

Cruciform
1. ligament of what area?
2. 3 portions and locations

Back 9

1. occipito-axial
2. a.transverse - wraps around odontoid process
b. superior longitudinal ligament - to occiput
3. inferior longitudinal ligament - to posterior side of axis body

Front 10

Tectorial membrane
1. extension of what?
2. Location?

Back 10

1. upward extension of PLL
2. body of the axis to anterior foramen magnum

Front 11

apical ligament
1. aka?
2. specific location

Back 11

1. suspensory ligament
2. tip of the odontoid process to anterior foramen magnum

Front 12

Alar ligament
1. aka?
2. specific location

Back 12

1. odontoid lig., check lig.
2. sides of the odontoid process to medial occipital condyles

Front 13

atlanto-axial joints:
continuation of what?
1. anterior atlanto-axial ligament
2. posterior atlanto-axial ligament

Back 13

1. ALL
2. ligamentum flava

Front 14

Median atlanto-axial joint
1. articulation of what?
2. synovial joint type?

Back 14

1. articulation of the odontoid process with the anterior arch of the atlas
2. pivot