Axial Anatomy: Ligaments Of Spine

Question 1

Ligaments of spine

Answer 1

Anterior longitudinal (ALL)
Posterior longitudinal (PLL)
Ligamentum flavum
Ligamentum nuchae
Supraspinus ligament 
Interspinous ligament 
Intertransverse ligament

Question 2

Anterior longitudinal ligament

Answer 2

Anterior surface of vertebral bodies from C2
Sacrum and intervertebral disccs

Limits- cervical extension

Question 3

Posterior longitudinal ligament

Answer 3

Within spinal canal from cervical to sacrum
Posterior vertebrae
Intervening intervertebral discs

Limits: cervical flexion

Question 4

Ligamentum flavum

Answer 4

Laminae of each adjacent vertebrae from cervical region

Limits: spinal flexion
Tort in rotation

Question 5

Ligamentum nuchae

Answer 5

Centre of external occipital protuberance, fans laterally along superior nuchal line
SP C2-7

Tort in flexion
Less tort in extension

Question 6

Interspinous ligament

Answer 6

Between SP of vertebrae

Tort in spinal flexion

Question 7

Supraspinous ligament

Answer 7

Continues from ligamentum nuchae

Tort in spinal flexion

Question 8

Inter transverse ligament

Answer 8

Between TP

Tort in contralateral lateral flexion
Spinal side flexion of opposite side