http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de#atlanto_transverse_ligament

Properties

comment: [de]
nameEnglishSynonym: [] transverse ligament of atlas
nameGermanSynonym: []
label: [de] Querschenkel des Ligamentum cruciforme atlantis
label: [med] Ligamentum transversum atlantis
annotationRemark: []
organNo: [] 21972
nameMedicineSynonym: []
comment: [en] Thick, strong, centrally flattened band spanning the vertebral foramen of the atlas as it extends from the medial aspect of one lateral mass to the other, passing dorsal to the dens with which it articulates; it forms the dorsal portion of the opening for the dens, tightly embracing its neck; it forms a part of the "cross-bar" of the cruciform ligament of atlas
ACC: [] cy0015442
speciesNo: [] 86
label: [en] atlanto transverse ligament