CERVICAL SPINE-CRUCIFORM LIGAMENT
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SUMMARY
1. Cruciform ligament: made up of the transverse and longitudinal bands
2. Transverse band: attaches to the back of the atlas
3. Longitudinal band: attaches from the back of the body of the axis (C2) to the foramen magnum
4. Rupture of this ligament can allow the dens to fatally compress the medulla
Image: Gray, Henry. Anatomy of the Human Body. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1918; Bartleby.com, 2000. www.bartleby.com/107/ [Accessed 15 Nov. 2018].
Reference(s)
R.M.H McMinn (1998). Last’s anatomy: regional and applied. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone. Get it on Amazon.
Drake, Richard L., et al. Gray's Anatomy for Students. Elsevier, 2023. Get it on Amazon.
