Other ligaments of the back

Ligaments of the back and neck

Ligaments that bind the skull, neck vertebrae and spine.

What it does

Special ligaments hold the skull onto the top two neck bones. One keeps the peg of the axis snug against the atlas. Others bind the back of each vertebra to the next, all the way down the spine.

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Sources

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