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Parietal bone Capsule of the occipito-atlantal articulation 



Capsula articulationis atlanto-occipitalis 



Squamoua or interparietal 

 portion of the occipital 

 bone 



External occipital protuberance 



Protuberantia occipitalis externa 



Posterior occipito-atlantal ligament 



Membrana atlanto-occipitalis posterior 



Foramen for the passage of the verte 

 bral artery and the suboccipital nerve 

 Posterior arch of the atlas 

 Arcus posterior atlantis 



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Spinous process of the 

 seventh cervical 



vertebra 

 Vertebra prominens 



Supraspinous ligament 

 Lig. supraspinale 



Os puriet a 2 C 



Anterior occipito atlantal 

 ligament 



Membrana atlanto-occipitalis 

 anterior 



Capsule of the atlanto-axial 



articulation 

 Capsula articulationis atlanto- 



epistrophicae 



--^ Capsules of the joints of the 



articular processes 



Capsulas articulationum 



intervertebralium 



Anterior common ligament 

 Lig. longitudinale anterius 



Interspinous ligament/ 

 Lig. interspinale 



FlG. 407. I.IGAMENTUM NUCH^. (THE CERVICAL PORTION OF THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN AND 



THE POSTERIOR PORTION OF THE CRANIUM ; SEEN FROM THE RIGHT SIDE.) 



Ligamenta columnae vertebralis The ligaments of the vertebral column. 



