10/06/2022
Awesome anatomic overview 😍
Skull and cervical part of the vertebral column, with the posterior part of the cranium removed, vertebral canal exposed and spinal cord partially removed – from behind
1 Transverse sinus
2 Facial nerve (VII), vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII), labyrinthine artery, in internal acoustic meatus
3 Glossopharyngeal nerve (IX), vagus nerve (X) and accessory nerves (XI), in jugular foramen
4 Spinal root of accessory nerve (XI)
5 Dura mater lining floor of posterior cranial fossa
6 Margin of foramen magnum
7 Basilar part of occipital bone
8 Superior longitudinal band of cruciform ligament
9 Transverse ligament of atlas
10 Inferior longitudinal band of cruciform ligament
11 Alar ligament
12 Atlanto-occipital joint
13 Vertebral artery
14 Transverse of atlas – first process (CI) cervical
15 Posterior arch vertebra
16 Second (CII) cervical vertebra – axis
17 Third (CIII)
18 Fourth (CIV)
19 Fifth (CV) cervical vertebra
20 Sixth (CVI)
21 Seventh (CVII) cervical vertebra – vertebra prominens
22 First (I) rib
23 First (TI) thoracic vertebra
24 Posterior longitudinal ligament
25 Arachnoid and dura mater (reflected)
26 Subarachnoid space
27 Dura mater
28 Denticulate ligament
29 Dorsal rootlets of
30 Ventral spinal nerve
31 Posterior spinal arteries
32 Dural sheath over dorsal root ganglion
33 Extradural space
