ligaments

Question 1

What are the ligaments of the vertebral column?

Answer 1

anterior longitudinal ligament 
posterior longitudinal ligament
ligamentum flava 
supraspinous ligament 
nuchal ligament 
interspinous ligament 
intertransverse ligament

Question 2

What are ligaments associated with the odontoid prices of C2?

Answer 2

Cruciform ligament

alar ligament

Question 3

What do the anterior longitudinal ligament connect?

Answer 3

The anterior aspect of vertebral bodies and the in vertebral disk
found from C1 to the sacrum

Question 4

What do the anterior longitudinal ligament do?

Answer 4

they are long and broad and limit extension of the vert column

Question 5

What do the posterior longitudinal ligament connect?

Answer 5

posterior aspect of vertebral column and intervertebral disk within the canal, found from C2 to sacrum

Question 6

What does the posterior longitudinal ligament do?

Answer 6

limits flexion of the vertebral column

Question 7

Where are the ligamentum flava found?

Answer 7

elastic ligaments between lamina

they resist separation of arches limiting flexion

Question 8

What do the supraspinous ligament connect?

Answer 8

apices of spines from C7 to sacrum

limits flexion of vert column

Question 9

What is the nuchal ligament?

Answer 9

lies atop supraspinous ligament from C7 to the occipital proturbence of the skull.
attaches cervical vert and Foramen magnum
site for muscle attachment

Question 10

What do the interspinous ligament connect?

Answer 10

spines of adjacent vert

Question 11

What do the inter transverse ligament connect?

Answer 11

transverse process of adjacent vert

Question 12

What is the cruciform ligament?

Answer 12

transverse band that connects dens to the lateral masses of C1
longitudinal band which connects the dens to the occipital bone of foramen magnum

Question 13

What do the alar ligament connect?

Answer 13

the dens to the occipital condyles