| Ligament: Posterior atlantoaxial ligament |
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| Median sagittal section through the occipital bone and first three cervical vertebræ |
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| Posterior atlantoöccipital membrane and atlantoaxial ligament. |
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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.
It supplies the place of the ligamenta flava, and is in relation, behind, with the Obliqui capitis inferiores.
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