3D morphometry of the transverse and alar ligaments in the occipito-atlanto-axial complex: An in vitro analysis

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 892-898

  Cattrysse, E ^a,d   Barbero, M ^b,c   Kool, P ^d   Gagey, O ^e,f   Clarys, J P ^a   Van Roy, P ^a  

^a FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^f BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Alar ligaments; Anatomy; Three dimensional; Transverse ligament of the atlas

Indexed keywords

ALAR LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BODY MOVEMENT; CERVICAL SPINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE MOBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSVERSE LIGAMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; ATLAS; AXIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 36048935959     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20559     Document Type: Article

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