Ligaments of spine

Question 1

Anterior longitudinal ligament; attachments, function

Answer 1

1. Ant tubercle of C1, occipital bone ant to FM
2. An surface of sacrum

Prevents hyperexten

Question 2

Posterior longitudinal lig; attachments, function

Answer 2

1. Post surface of VB c2
2. Post surface of sacrum

Prevents spinal hyper flexion

Question 3

Ligamenta Flava (R+L); attachments, function

Answer 3

1. inf border of lamina above
2. sup border of lamina below

slow last degrees of spinal flex

Question 4

Interspinous lig; attachments, functions

Answer 4

1. inf border of SP above
2. Sup border of SP below

prevents hyper flexion

Question 5

Supraspinous lig; attachments, functions

Answer 5

1. tip of SP above
2. Tip of SP below

prevent hyper flexion

Question 6

Ligamentum nuchae; attachments, functions

Answer 6

1. EOP, post tubercle of C1, Sp 2-7
2. Dermis of posterior midlne of neck

Prevents spinal hyper flex

Question 7

Intertransverse ligs; attachments, functions

Answer 7

1. Inf border of TP above
2. Sup border of TP below

limits contalateral spinal lateral flex

Question 8

Ant atlanto occipital membrane; attachemnts, functions

Answer 8

1. sup border of ant arch of c1
2. Ant border of FM

limits extention of occiput

Question 9

Posterior atlanto occipital membrane; attachments, functions

Answer 9

1. Superior border of post arch of c1
2. Posterior border of FM

limits flexion

Question 10

Tectoral membrane; attachments, functions

Answer 10

1. post surface of body c2
2. clivus

limits flex and extention of c1 + occiput

Question 11

Transverse lig of C1; attachments, functions

Answer 11

1. colliculus atlantis
2. contralateral colliculus atlantis

allows for rot of c1 on c2

Question 12

Sup longitudinal band; attachments, functions

Answer 12

1. transverse lig
2. ant lip of FM

limits flex and extention

Question 13

Inf longitudinal band; attachments, functions

Answer 13

1. transverse lig
2. post surface of vb c2

limits flex and extention

Question 14

alar ligament; attachments, functions

Answer 14

1. posterolateral aspect of dens towards tip

2. medial surface of ipsilateral occipital condyle

Question 15

Apical lig of dens; attachments, functions

Answer 15

1. tip of dens
2. ant lip of FM

limits vertical translation of occiput

Question 16

Cruitiate lig (superior and inferior)

Answer 16

superior

1. sup border of transverse
2. lower part of clivus

inf

1. inf border of transverse lig
2. post surface of c2