The hydropathic encyclopedia: a system of hydropathy and hygiene .. . 0N8. The connecting media of joints are generally named from uomeprominent circumstance in relation to form, position, points of connec-tion, etc., as capsular, surrounding; transverse, running across; occi-pito-axoid, attached to and holding together the occipital and axiabones; lateral, connecting the sides of articulating bones, etc.; hence,except with the most important ligaments, the name will be a sufficientdescription The Vertebral Joints.—The vertebrae are held together by thefollowing ligaments : 1. Intervertebral s
The hydropathic encyclopedia: a system of hydropathy and hygiene .. . 0N8. The connecting media of joints are generally named from uomeprominent circumstance in relation to form, position, points of connec-tion, etc., as capsular, surrounding; transverse, running across; occi-pito-axoid, attached to and holding together the occipital and axiabones; lateral, connecting the sides of articulating bones, etc.; hence,except with the most important ligaments, the name will be a sufficientdescription The Vertebral Joints.—The vertebrae are held together by thefollowing ligaments : 1. Intervertebral substance, a disc of fibrous car-tilage iaterposed between the bodies of all the vertebra?. This varieain thickness in diffe -ent parts of the column, which circumstance con-tributes much to the. formation of the vertebral curves. 2. Anteriorvommon ligament, a broad, thin band of fibros attached to the bodies ofthe vertebral in front, and extending along the whole column from the»eck to th» sacr w 3. Posterior common ligament, attached to tha 90 ANATOMF Fig. VEKTEBRAL LIGAMENTS. bodies behind in a similar manner. 4. Ligamenta svbflava, two findplates of yeliow fibrous tissue, situated between the arches. 5. Cap-sular ligaments, loose synovial membranes surrounding the articularprocesses. 6. Inter-spinous ligaments, thin membranous bands extended between the spinous processes in the dorsal and lumbar Supraspinous ligament, a strong, inelastic fibrous cord, extendingfrom the apex of the spinous process of the last cervical vertebra tothe sacrum, being attached in its course to each spinous process. 8. Inter-transverse ligaments,connecting only the transversoprocesses of the lower dorsalvertebrae. The connection of the anterior liga-ments and those of the ribs is seen inFig. £4. 1. Anterior common lignmenL2. Anterior costo-vertebral ligament. costo-transverse ligament. ligament connecting thohead of the rib to the interrertebral sub-
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