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| articulation b/w cranial bones, synarthrodial |
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| ATLANTOOCCIPITAL (A/O) JOINT |
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Definition
| articulation b/w atlas and occipital bone, plane, synovial |
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| articulation b/w atlas and axis |
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| articulation b/w dens of axis and anterior arch of atlas, pivot |
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| articulation b/w inferior articulating facet of vertebra above and superior articulating facet of the vertebra below, plane, synovial |
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Definition
| articulation b/w intervertebral disc, amphiarthrodial |
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Definition
| run obliquely upward and lateral from the dens to the occipital condyles; limits rotation of the head of at atlas on axis, limits lateral flexion |
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Definition
| composed of superior longitudinal fibers, transverse ligament, inferior longitudinal fibers |
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| INNER PORTION OF INTERVERTEBRAL DISC |
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| OUTER PORTION OF INTERVERTEBRAL DISC |
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| SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL FIBERS |
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Definition
| connects transverse ligament to the occiput |
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Definition
| stretches across the ring of atlas in the transverse plane; holds the dens against the anterior arch of atlas to create pivot joint |
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| INFERIOR LONGITUDINAL FIBERS |
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Definition
| connects the transverse ligament to the axis |
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| ANTERIOR LONGITUDINAL (ALL) |
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Definition
| runs vertically along the anterior surface of bodies of the vertebrae from the occiput to the sacrum; limits vertebral extension |
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Term
| POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL (PLL) |
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Definition
| runs vertically along the posterior surface of the bodies of the vertebrae inside the vertebral foramen from C2 to the sacrum; reinforces intervertebral discs |
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Definition
| runs lamina to lamina; limits vertebral flexion |
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Definition
| runs from transverse process to transverse process; limits lateral vertebral flexion |
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| runs deep from spinous process to spinous process; limits vertebral flexion |
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| runs superficial from spinous process to spinous process; limits vertebral flexion |
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| supraspinous ligament in the cervical spine |
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| b/w mandible and temporal bone |
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