| Ligament: Interspinal ligament | ||
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| Median sagittal section of two lumbar vertebrae and their ligaments. (Inter-spinal ligt. visible at center right.) | ||
| Latin | ligamenta interspinalia | |
| Gray's | subject #72 291 | |
| From | spinous process | |
| To | spinous process | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | l_09/12492445 | |
The interspinal ligaments (interspinous ligaments), thin and membranous, connect adjoining spinous processes and extend from the root to the apex of each process.
They meet the ligamenta flava in front and the supraspinal ligament behind.
The ligaments are narrow and elongated in the thoracic region, broader, thicker, and quadrilateral in form in the lumbar region, and only slightly developed in the neck.
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.
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