SYNDESMOLOGY, OR JOINT ARTICULATION 



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Alar ligaments (O. T. odontoid or 

 check ligaments) 



Ligament of apex of tooth (O. T. sus- 

 pensory ligament) 



Transverse ligament of atlas 



Cruciform ligament of atlas 



Tectorial ("roof") membrane (O. T. 

 posterior occipito-axial ligament) 



Joints between ribs and vertebrae 



Capitular joints, or articulations 

 between the heads of the ribs 

 and the vertebrae 



Joint-capsules 



Radiate ligament of head of rib (O. T. 



anterior costovertebral or stellate 



ligament) 

 Interarticular ligament of head of rib 



Costotransverse joints 



Joint-capsules 

 Ligament of tubercle of rib 

 Ligament of neck of rib 

 Anterior costotransverse ligament 

 Posterior costotransverse ligament 

 Lumbocostal ligament 

 Costotransverse foramen 



Sternocostal joints 



Joint-capsules 



Interarticular sternocostal ligament (O. 

 T. interarticular chondrosternal liga- 

 ment) 



Radiate sternocostal ligaments (O. T. 

 anterior and posterior chondrosternal 

 ligaments) 



Membrane of sternum 



Costoxiphoid ligaments (O. T. chon- 

 droxiphoid ligaments) 



Intercostal ligaments 



External intercostal ligaments 

 Internal intercostal ligaments 



Interchondral joints 



Jaw= joint 



Joint-capsule (O. T. capsular liga- 

 ment) 



Joint-disk (O. T. interarticular fibro- 

 cartilage) 



Temporomandibular ligament (O. T. 

 external lateral ligament) 



Sphenomandibular ligament (O. T. in- 

 ternal lateral ligament) 



Stylomandibular ligament (O. T. stylo- 

 maxillary ligament) 



Ligaments of the girdle of upper 

 extremity 



Coraco-acromial ligament 



Superior transverse ligament of scapula 



Inferior transverse ligament of scapula 



Acromioclavicular joint 



Joint-capsule 



Acromioclavicular ligament 

 Intercalated disk of fibrocartilage 

 Coracoclavicular ligament 



Trapezoid ligament 



Conoid ligament 



Sternoclavicular joint 



Joint-capsule 

 Articular disk 

 Sternoclavicular ligament 

 Costoclavicular ligament (O. T. rhom- 

 boid ligament) 

 Interclavicular ligament 



Shoulder=joint 



Joint-capsule 



Glenoid lip (O. T. glenoid ligament) 

 Coracohumeral ligament (O. T. acces- 

 sory ligament) 



Elbow=joint 



Humero-ulnar articulation 

 Humeroradial articulation 



