page_title: Anterior atlantoaxial ligament
hierarchical_section_title: Anterior atlantoaxial ligament
caption_attribution_description: Median sagittal section through the occipital bone and first three cervical vertebræ. (Spalteholz.)
context_page_description: 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.
  It is strengthened in the middle line by a rounded cord, which connects the tubercle on the anterior arch of the atlas to the body of the axis, and is a continuation upward of the anterior longitudinal ligament.
  The ligament is in relation, in front, with the longi capitis.
context_section_description: 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.
  It is strengthened in the middle line by a rounded cord, which connects the tubercle on the anterior arch of the atlas to the body of the axis, and is a continuation upward of the anterior longitudinal ligament.
  The ligament is in relation, in front, with the longi capitis.
caption: Median sagittal section through the occipital bone and first three cervical vertebrae
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