Arthrology 13%

Question 1

ligament located on front of bodies from atlas to occiput

Answer 1

anterior longitudinal ligament (ALL) aka anterior atlanto occipital lig

Question 2

ligament located on back of vertebral bodies from axis to occiput

Answer 2

posterior longitudinal ligament (PLL) aka membrana tectoria

Question 3

ligament from lamina to lamina

Answer 3

ligamentum flava

Question 4

ligament between SPs

Answer 4

interspinous

Question 5

interspinous ligament is thickest where

Answer 5

lumbars

Question 6

ligament from spinous process to spinous process C7 to occiput

Answer 6

ligamentum nuchae

Question 7

ligament from spinous process to spinous process

Answer 7

supraspinous

Question 8

holds dens in fovea dentis of atlas (across posterior dens)

Answer 8

transverse ligament

Question 9

ligament from body of C2 to occiput

Answer 9

cruciform

Question 10

from sides of dens to occiput aka check ligament (limits rotation)

Answer 10

alar

Question 11

ligament from tip of dens to rim of the occiput

Answer 11

apical dental

Question 12

toothed, ligament that anchors the spinal cord to the bony vertebral canal

Answer 12

denticulate