The atlanto-axial joint is a joint in the upper part of the neck between the atlas bone and the axis bone, which are the first and second cervical vertebrae...

The tectorial membrane of atlanto-axial joint (occipitoaxial ligaments) is a tough membrane/broad, strong band representing the superior-ward prolongation...

characterized by excessive movement of the vertebra at the atlanto-occipital joint and the atlanto-axial joint located between the skull and the top two vertebra...

(or counter-nutation). The sacroiliac joints like all spinal joints (except the atlanto-axial) are bicondylar joints, meaning that movement of one side corresponds...

cross-shaped (thus the name) ligament in the neck forming part of the atlanto-axial joint. It consists of the transverse ligament of atlas, a superior longitudinal...

letter X. They occur in several joints of the body, such as the knee joint, wrist joint and the atlanto-axial joint. In a fashion similar to the cords...

movement they allow: plane joint, ball and socket joint, hinge joint, pivot joint, condyloid joint and saddle joint. Joints can also be classified, according...

capsule of the knee joint Atlanto-axial joint Capsule of atlantooccipital articulation Capsule of hip joint Capsule of temporomandibular joint This article incorporates...

Grisel's syndrome is a non-traumatic subluxation of the atlanto-axial joint caused by inflammation of the adjacent tissues. This is a rare disease that...

joint include: Proximal radioulnar joint Distal radioulnar joint Median atlanto-axial joint In contrast, spherical joints (or ball and socket joints)...

A synovial joint, also known as diarthrosis, joins bones or cartilage with a fibrous joint capsule that is continuous with the periosteum of the joined...

Atlas joint may refer to: Atlanto-axial joint Atlanto-occipital joint This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Atlas joint. If...

Cruciate ligament of dens Lateral atlanto-axial joint Zygapophysial joints Lumbosacral joint Sacrococcygeal joint Thoracic joints Syndesmoses of thorax External...

The facet joints (also zygapophysial joints, zygapophyseal, apophyseal, or Z-joints) are a set of synovial, plane joints between the articular processes...

include: the wrist-joint metacarpophalangeal joints metatarsophalangeal joints atlanto-occipital joints These are also called ellipsoid joints. The oval-shaped...

vertebrae in the vertebral column. Each disc forms a fibrocartilaginous joint (a symphysis), to allow slight movement of the vertebrae, to act as a ligament...

of cases result in immediate death. It should not be confused with atlanto-axial dislocation, which describes ligamentous separation between the first...

select cases where immediate surgical intervention is not indicated. Atlanto-axial joint Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of...

The pubic symphysis (pl.: symphyses) is a secondary cartilaginous joint between the left and right superior rami of the pubis of the hip bones. It is...

connective tissue sheaths. Ligaments connect bones to other bones to form joints, while tendons connect bone to muscle. Some ligaments limit the mobility...

left and right happens almost entirely at the joint between the atlas and the axis, the atlanto-axial joint. A small amount of rotation of the vertebral...

Animation. Anterior surface of sternum and costal cartilages. Costochondral joint Costochondritis Human rib cage Rib This article incorporates text in the...

The sternocostal joints, also known as sternochondral joints or costosternal articulations, are synovial plane joints of the costal cartilages of the true...

canal inferiorly. It is continuous with the tectorial membrane of atlanto-axial joint superiorly, and with the deep dorsal sacrococcygeal ligament inferiorly...

In anatomy, Luschka's joints (also called uncovertebral joints, neurocentral joints) are formed between uncinate process or "uncus" below and uncovertebral...

Atlanto-axial Medial: Cruciate ligament of atlas (Transverse ligament of atlas) Alar ligament Apical ligament of dens Tectorial membrane of atlanto-axial...

atlantoaxial ligament is situated anterior to the longus capitis muscle. Atlanto-axial joint This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 293...

the atlanto-axial joint while the neck is rotating. Subsequently, numbness of the tongue is due to either subluxation of the atlanto-axial joint or restriction...

subjects. biceps femoris could therefore act to stabilise the sacroiliac joint via the sacrotuberous ligament. The sacrotuberous ligament contains the...

The xiphisternal joint (or xiphisternal symphysis) is a location near the bottom of the sternum, where the body of the sternum and the xiphoid process...