| Mauchart's ligaments | One of a pair of short stout bands that extends from the side of the dens of the axis to the tubercle on the medial aspect of the occipital condyle. Synonym: check ligaments of odontoid. Synonym: alar folds. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Mauchart, Burkhard | <person> German anatomist. Lived: 1696-1751. See: Mauchart's ligaments. (05 Mar 2000) |