Posterior longitudinal ligament

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Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the cervical spine in computed tomography , sagittal reconstruction. This can lead to a narrowing of the spinal canal.

The ligamentum longitudinal posterius ("posterior longitudinal ligament"), known in animals as the ligamentum longitudinal posterior ("posterior longitudinal ligament"), is a longitudinal ligament of the spine . It consists of tight, collagenous connective tissue and connects the individual vertebral bodies to one another at the back of the vertebrae and thus lies within the vertebral canal . It is only loosely connected to the vertebral bodies, but firmly to the intervertebral discs . It starts at the second cervical vertebra and extends to the sacrum . From the second cervical vertebra it goes headward into the tectoria membrane , which extends to the occiput .

The ligamentum longitudinal posterius is one of the long spinal ligaments along with the ligamentum longitudinal anterius , ligamentum supraspinale and ligamentum nuchae . According to another classification, it belongs to the ligamentum longitudinal anterius to the vertebral body ligaments , which are opposed to the rest of the so-called vertebral arch ligaments .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ K. Saetia, D. Cho, S. Lee, DH Kim, SD Kim: Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: a review. In: Neurosurgical Focus . Volume 30, Number 3, March 2011, p. E1, ISSN  1092-0684 . doi : 10.3171 / 2010.11.FOCUS10276 . PMID 21434817 . (Review).

literature

  • F.-V. Salomon: bone connections . In: Salomon, F.-V. ua (Hrsg.): Anatomie für die Tiermedizin. Enke-Verlag, Stuttgart 2004, pp. 110-147. ISBN 3-8304-1007-7