Ligaments

Question 1

What ligament is posterior to the vertebral bodies and is located inside the vertebral canal? What is clinically important about this ligament?

Answer 1

posterior longitudinal; discs herniate lateral to ligament

Question 2

What connects the laminae of vertebrae? What’s clinically important about this ligament?

Answer 2

ligamenta flava; last layer penetrated by needle in epidural anesthesia

Question 3

What 2 sets of ligaments connect spines of vertebrae? Where are these ligaments thickened, and what is it then called?

Answer 3

> interspinous and supraspinous ligaments
neck (from ext. occipital protuberance to C7)
ligamentum nuchae

Question 4

What ligament is located anterior to the bodies of the vertebrae? What does this band prevent?

Answer 4

anterior longitudinal; disc herniation anteriorly