Ligaments of the Spine. 



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Lig. longit. <posterius 



82. Ligaments between Axis, Atlas and Occipital 



Bone. 



The ligaments between the axis , atlas and occipital bone are 

 covered in the Canalis medullae spinalis by a fibrous membrane, which 

 arises above the anterior border of the Foramen occipitale magnum and ends 

 at the lower border of the body of the axis, close to the commence- 

 ment of the Lie/amentum longitudinale postering. Hyrtl calls this ligament 

 Mc.mbrana Uyammtosa; other authors mention it as the Apparatus ligamentosus. 



