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 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.
The fibers within each alar ligament are arranged in a multiplanar fashion, rostrally originating from the medial surfaces of the occipital condyles and converging in a V-shaped fashion on either side of the tip of the odontoid process. This complex composition allows the alar ligaments to serve a variety of functions.
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i have alar ligament damage and no one will help me please contact me with some information that would direct me in the guide nce of getting my head to be supported without a neckbrace. thank you!!! Samantha Patrick
Dr Arun Pal Singh Reply:
October 3rd, 2010 at 6:29 am
@samantha patrick,
Your treatment would depend on spine stability. Did you take any consultation?
this is samantha again i also go into precomatose states and when my son puts my neck back in place i do not remember everything that i had knowledge of prior to slipping into such a horrifying scary state.
Dr Arun Pal Singh Reply:
October 3rd, 2010 at 6:31 am
@samantha patrick,
Please see a specialist and get treated. Let me know how does it go.
no doctor will assist me in getting my neck fixed can any doctor outside of Ohio help me please im at the end of my rope
Dr Arun Pal Singh Reply:
October 15th, 2010 at 12:00 pm
@samantha patrick,
You need to find a doctor by contacting your health care system.
I would be unable too help you on that account.
Keep your hope and faith.
Those are only keys in difficult times