The accessory atlantoaxial ligament

Neurosurgery

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 400-402

  Tubbs, R Shane ^a,b   Salter, E George ^a   Oakes, W Jerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Craniocervical junction; Spine; Stability

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY ALAR LIGAMENT; ACCESSORY ATLANTOAXIAL LIGAMENT; ACCESSORY ATLANTOAXIALOCCIPITAL LIGAMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; ATLAS; AXIS; CADAVER; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT LAXITY; JOINT STABILITY; LIGAMENT; NOMENCLATURE; OCCIPITAL BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 3543022076     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000129699.37854.77     Document Type: Article

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