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LIGAMENTS OF THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN. 



6. Of the ribs, with the vertebrae. 



7. Of the ribs, with the sternum, and with each other. 



8. Of the sternum. 



9. Of the vertebral column, with the pelvis. 

 10. Of the pelvis. 



1. Articulation of tlie vertebral Column. The ligaments connecting 

 together the different pieces of the vertebral column, admit of the 

 same arrangement with that of the vertebras themselves. Thus the 

 ligaments 



Of the bodies are the 



Anterior common ligament, 

 Posterior common ligament, 

 Intervertebral substance. 

 Ligamenta subflava. 

 Capsular ligaments, 

 Synovial membranes. 

 Inter-spinous, 

 Supra-spinous. 

 Of the transverse processes, Inter-transverse. 



Of the arches, 



Of the articular processes, 



Of the spinous processes, 



BODIES The Anterior common ligament is a broad and riband- 

 like band of ligamentous fibres, extending along the front surface of 

 the vertebral column, from the axis to the sacrum. It is intimately 

 connected with the intervertebral substances, and less closely with the 

 bodies of the vertebrae. In the dorsal region it is thicker than in the 

 cervical and lumbar, and consists of a median and two lateral portions 

 separated from each other by a series of openings for the passage of 



Fig. 50.* 



* The anterior ligaments of the vertebra?, and ligaments of the ribs. 1 . The 

 anterior common ligament. 2. The anterior costo-vertebral or stellate ligament. 

 3. The anterior costo-transverse ligament. 4. The interarticular ligament con- 

 nectinff the head of the rib to the intervertebral substance, and separating the 

 two synovia! membranes of this articulation. 



