. Quain's Elements of anatomy. It is attached on each side to the tuljercle below the inner border of the supeiiorarticular process. It is arched backwards behind the neck of the odontoid process,and is broadened out in its central part. From the middle of its posterior surfacea short thin Imndle of fibres passes down to be attached to the body of the axis,while another passes up to the basilar process. These form, with the transverseportion, the figure of a cross, and from this arrangement is derived the termcruciform, wliich is sometimes applied to the transverse ligament and its appendagest
. Quain's Elements of anatomy. It is attached on each side to the tuljercle below the inner border of the supeiiorarticular process. It is arched backwards behind the neck of the odontoid process,and is broadened out in its central part. From the middle of its posterior surfacea short thin Imndle of fibres passes down to be attached to the body of the axis,while another passes up to the basilar process. These form, with the transverseportion, the figure of a cross, and from this arrangement is derived the termcruciform, wliich is sometimes applied to the transverse ligament and its appendagestogether. 156 THE ARTICULATIONS OF THE TRUNK AND HEAD. Two synovial cavities are placed one in front of and the other behind theodontoid process ; the first of these is situated between the process and the anteriorarch of the atlas ; the other, which is the more extensive of the two, is between theprocess and the transverse ligament. The lateral or alar odontoid or check ligaments are two short but very.
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