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448:"anterior sacrococcygeal ligament"
230:anterior atlantooccipital membrane
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100:ligamentum longitudinale anterius
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906:posterior atlantoaxial ligament
765:posterior longitudinal ligament
363:Posterior longitudinal ligament
1245:Ligaments of the head and neck
1064:radiate sternocostal ligaments
901:anterior atlantoaxial ligament
760:anterior longitudinal ligament
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870:Transverse ligament of atlas
681:Diagram at spineuniverse.com
208:atlas (cervical certebra C1)
71:inferior basilar portion of
473:Clinically Oriented Anatomy
217:inferiorly, it ends at the
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305:may prevent this surgery.
221:. It broadens inferiorly.
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1168:inferior pubic ligament
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881:Apical ligament of dens
412:Kadasne, D. K. (2009).
1235:Ligaments of the torso
1205:sacrotuberous ligament
1069:costoxiphoid ligaments
143:Anatomical terminology
1210:sacrospinous ligament
801:interspinous ligament
789:supraspinous ligament
570:Churchill Livingstone
452:TheFreeDictionary.com
387:Sinnatamby C (2011).
265:Clinical significance
202:of the skull and the
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628:. pp. 358–370.
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243:intervertebral discs
173:intervertebral discs
942:iliolumbar ligament
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358:Intervertebral disc
1140:Obturator membrane
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