Ligament Attachments to Bone: Practical 1, Pg 12, #1-18

Superior costotransverse ligaments

A Superior costotransverse ligament is a strong fibrous band that arises from the neck of a rib to the transverse process of the vertebra above

Intervertebral Disc

An intervertebral disc (or intervertebral fibrocartilage) lies between adjacent vertebrae in the vertebral column.

Apical Ligament

It lies as a fibrous cord in the triangular interval between the alar ligaments, which extends from the tip of the odontoid process on the axis to the anterior margin of the foramen magnum, being intimately blended with the deep portion of the anterior atlantooccipital membrane and superior crus of the transverse ligament of the atlas. (See Visible Body Muscle)

Lateral costotransverse ligament

The Lateral costotransverse ligament is a fibrous band that crosses transversely from the posterior surface of the tip of a transverse process of a vertebra to the non-articular part of the tubercle of the corresponding rib.

Tectorial membrane

The Membrana Tectoria (occipitoaxial ligaments) is situated within the vertebral canal. It is a broad, strong band which covers the dens and its ligaments, and appears to be a prolongation upward of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the vertebral column.

Alar Ligament

The alar ligaments connect the sides of the dens (on the axis, the second cervical vertebra) to tubercles on the medial side of the occipital condyle.

Anterior Atlanto-axial ligament

The anterior atlantoaxial ligament is a strong membrane, fixed, above, to the lower border of the anterior arch of the atlas; below, to the front of the body of the axis.

Anterior atlanto-occipital ligament

The anterior atlantooccipital membrane (anterior atlantooccipital ligament) is broad and composed of densely woven fibers, which pass between the anterior margin of the foramen magnum above, and the upper border of the anterior arch of the atlas below. (image is from anterior view)

Anterior Longitudinal Ligament

The anterior longitudinal ligament is a ligament that runs down the anterior surface of the spine. It traverses all of the vertebral bodies and intervertebral discs.

Ligamentum Nuchae

The nuchal ligament extends from the external occipital protuberance on the skull and median nuchal line to the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra in the lower part of the neck.

Posterior atlanto-axial ligament

The posterior atlantoaxial ligament is a broad, thin membrane attached, above, to the lower border of the posterior arch of the atlas; below, to the upper edges of the laminæ of the axis.

Posterior atlanto-occipital ligament

The posterior atlantooccipital membrane (posterior atlantooccipital ligament) is a broad but thin membrane. It is connected above to the posterior margin of the foramen magnum and below to the upper border of the posterior arch of the atlas.

Posterior Longitudinal Ligament

The posterior longitudinal ligament is situated within the vertebral canal, and extends along the posterior surfaces of the bodies of the vertebræ, from the body of the axis, where it is continuous with the membrana tectoria, to the sacrum

Radiate ligament

The radiate ligament connects the *anterior* part of the head of each rib with the side of the bodies of two vertebræ, and the intervertebral fibrocartilage between them.

Cruciform ligament (vertical and transverse portions)

The strong ligament that lies posterior to the dens of the axis holding it against the anterior arch of the atlas; it consists primarily of the transverse ligament of the atlas that forms the cross-bar of the cross and is most important functionally, and the longitudinal bands of the cruciform ligament, thus forming the upright or vertical beams of the cross. The longitudinal bands join the body of the axis to the foramen magnum.

Supraspinous Ligament

The supraspinous ligament connects the tips of the spinous processes from the seventh cervical vertebra to the sacrum.

Transverse ligament of atlas

The transverse ligament of the atlas is a thick, strong band, which arches across the ring of the atlas, and retains the odontoid process in contact with the atlas.

Ligamentum Flavum

They connect the laminae of adjacent vertebrae, all the way from the second vertebra, axis, to the first segment of the sacrum.

Interspinous Ligaments

The interspinal ligaments (interspinous ligaments) are thin and membranous ligaments, that connect adjoining spinous processes of the vertebra in the spine.[1][2][3] They extend from the root to the apex of each spinous process.

Intertransverse Ligament

The intertransverse ligaments are ligaments that are placed between the transverse processes of the spine.