ANATOMY IN A NUTSHELL. 



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LESSON LXXII. 



The posterior oceipito-atlantal ligament is attached above to the posterior 

 margin of the foramen magnum from condyle to condyle, below to the pos- 



PLATE CVII. 



AN ENTIRE PACET ABOVE 



A DEMI-FACET BELOW 



A DEMI-FACET ABOVE 



ONE ENTIRE FACET 



AN ENTIRE FACET. 

 NO FACET ON TRANSVERSE 



PROCESS. WHICH IS RUDIMENTARY 



AN ENTIRE FACE1 

 NO FACET ON TRANSVERSE PROCESS 



INFERIOR ARTICULA PROCESS 

 CONVEX AND TURNED OUTWARD 



The Peculiar Dorsal Vert k hi; b. 



terior surface and upper margin of the posterior arch of the atlas. This liga- 

 ment is incomplete on each side for the passage of the vertebra] artery into, 

 and the suboccipital nerve from, the spinal canal. In position ii corresponds 



