Joints & ligaments
Posterior longitudinal ligament
Ligamentum longitudinale posterius
- System
- Joints & ligaments
- Regions
- Neck, Trunk, Thorax, Abdomen, Back
- Part of
- Fibrous joints of vertebral column
DescriptionUnreviewed
The posterior longitudinal ligament is a ligament connecting the posterior surfaces of the vertebral bodies of all of the vertebrae.
It weakly prevents hyperflexion of the vertebral column.
It also prevents posterior spinal disc herniation, although problems with the ligament can cause it.
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Names
- Latin
- Ligamentum longitudinale posterius
- English
- Posterior longitudinal ligament
- French
- Ligament longitudinal postérieur
- Spanish
- Ligamento longitudinal posterior
- Portuguese
- Ligamento longitudinal posterior