Atlantoaxial articular capsule

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Atlantoaxial articular capsule
Anterior atlantoöccipital membrane and atlantoaxial ligament.
Latin capsula articularis atlantoaxialis lateralis
Gray's subject #73 292
Dorlands/Elsevier c_07/12211195

The atlantoaxial articular capsules are thin and loose, and connect the margins of the lateral masses of the atlas with those of the posterior articular surfaces of the axis.

Each is strengthened at its posterior and medial part by an accessory ligament, which is attached below to the body of the axis near the base of the odontoid process, and above to the lateral mass of the atlas near the transverse ligament.

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