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1
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Where on the vertebral bodies is the ALL located?

A

Front

2
Q

What is the ALL aka from atlat-to-occiput?

A

Anterior ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL ligament

3
Q

What ligament of the spine prevents disc herniation?

A

PLL

4
Q

What ligament is also known as the membrane tectoria ligament when it spans from axis-to-occiput?

A

PLL

5
Q

What ligament spans from lamina to lamina?

A

Ligamentum flavum

6
Q

What is the yellow ligament, or the elastic ligament?

A

Ligamentum flavum

7
Q

What ligament spans BETWEEN spinous processes and is thickest in the lumbars?

A

Interspinous ligament

8
Q

What ligament spans from spinous process to spinous process?

A

Supraspionous

9
Q

What does the supraspinous ligament become from C7-to-occiput?

A

ligamentum NUCHAE

10
Q

What ligament holds the dens in the fovea detes of atlas?

A

Transverse ligament

11
Q

Where does the cruciform ligament span?

A

C2 to occiput

12
Q

What ligament limits rotation of C1/C2

A

alar ligament

13
Q

What ligament goes from the sides of dens to occiput?

A

alar ligaments

14
Q

What ligament goes from the tip of dens to the rim of the occiput?

A

apical dental ligament

15
Q

What ligament is “toothed”, anchoring the spinal cord to the bony vertebral canal?

A

Denticualte ligament

16
Q

Which ligaments can affect the IVF?

A

flava & PLL

17
Q

Look at Vertebral picture on page 10 in note packet to help visualize ligaments

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