Alar ligament
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Ligament: Alar ligament 
Membrana tectoria, transverse, and alar ligaments. (Alar ligament labeled at center right.) Latin ligamenta alaria Gray's subject #74 296 From To Dorlands/Elsevier l_09/12491573 The alar ligaments connect the sides of the dens (on the axis, or the second cervical vertebra) to tubercles on the medial side of the occipital condyle.
They are short, tough, fibrous cords that attach the skull to C2 vertebra (via the dens) and function to check side-to-side movements of the head when it is turned.
The alar ligament is also known as the "check ligament of the odontoid."
References
- "Ligament, alar." Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 27th ed. (2000). ISBN 0-683-40007-X
- Moore, Keith L., and Arthur F. Dalley. Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 4th ed. (1999). ISBN 0-683-06141-0
Joints and ligaments of torso (TA A03.02–04, GA 3.299) Vertebral Of vertebral bodiesmedian: Cruciate ligament of atlas (Transverse ligament of atlas) · Alar ligament · Apical ligament of dens · Tectorial membrane of atlanto-axial joint
lateral: no ligaments
anterior atlantoaxial ligament · posterior atlantoaxial ligamentno ligamentsLumbosacralThorax Radiate ligament · Intra-articular ligamentno ligamentsno ligamentsPelvis Syndesmoses of pelvic girdleanterior sacroiliac ligament · posterior sacroiliac ligament · interosseous sacroiliac ligament
ligaments connecting the sacrum and ischium: sacrotuberous ligament · sacrospinous ligament
Greater sciatic foramen · Lesser sciatic foramenM: JNT
anat(h/c, u, t, l)/phys
noco(arth/defr/back/soft)/cong, sysi/epon, injr
proc, drug(M01C, M4)
Categories:- Ligaments of the head and neck
- Vertebral column
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