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toid process in firm connection with its anterior arch. This ligament is flat- 

 tened from before backwards, broader and thicker in the middle than at either 



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 Fig. 184. Occipito-atloid and Atlo-axoid Ligaments. Anterior View. 



Fig. 185. Occipito-atloid and Atlo-axoid Ligaments. Posterior View. 



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extremity, and firmly attached on each side of the atlas to a small tubercle on 

 the inner surface of its lateral mass. As it crosses the odontoid process, a 



