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Prevents excessive hyperext.
Superiorly thin
Inferiorly thick (in lumbar)
Name the ligament
ANTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT
Posterior aspect of vertebral bodies inside vertebral foramen; Prevents excessive flex; Superiorly thick; thin inferiorly(contributes to increased disk injury in lumbar); Name the ligament
POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT
From C7 to sacrum;
Runs along spinous processes;
Prevents excessive flex.;
Name the ligament
SUPRASPINAL LIGAMENT
In cervical spine; takes place of supraspinal & interspoinal ligaments;
Name the ligament
LIGAMENTUM NUCAHE OR NUCHAL LIGAMENT
Runs b/t spinous processes; adds stability;
Name the ligament
INTERSPINOUS LIGAMENT
Connects adjacent laminae anteriorly;(lamina to lamina on post. side of vertebral foramen);
Name the ligament
LIGAMENTUM LIGAMENT
Most movement of lumbar spine occurs between blank & blank; most disk herniations are @ these 2 levels.
L4-L5 & L5-S1
Freely moveable;
Allows for support of head;
Freedom of head on the neck;
Nervous tissue to enter vertebral canal; Entrance & exit of nervous tissue & major blood vessels in skull.
Name the spine.
CERVICAL SPINE
Less motion secondary to:
Rib cage attachment;
Shape of vertebral bodies;
Length of spinous processes;
Name the spine.
THORACIC SPINE
NAME THE ANTERIOR NECK MUSCLES
STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID
SCALENES (3)
PREVERTEBRA GROUP (4)
Name the anterior trunk muscles.
Rectus abdominis
External oblique
Internal oblique
Transverse abdominis
Name the posterior neck muscles.
Erector spinae group (3)
Splenius capitus
Splenius cervicis
Suboccipital group (4)
Name the posterior trunk muscles.
Erector spinae group (3)
Transversospinalis group (3)
Interspinales
Intertransversarii
Anterior muscles cause what movement?
Flexion
Posterior muscles cause what movement?
Extension