This MedLibrary.org supplementary page on Interspinal ligament is provided directly from the open source Wikipedia as a service to our readers. Please see the note below on authorship of this content, as well as the Wikipedia usage guidelines. To search for other content from our encyclopedia supplement, please use the form below:
Related Sponsors
| Ligament: Interspinal ligament | ||
|---|---|---|
 |
||
| 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.
External links
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated. Please edit the article if this is the case, and feel free to remove this notice when it is no longer relevant.
|
||||||||||||||
 |
This ligament-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Wikipedia content modification information:
- This page was last modified on 16 July 2008, at 21:06.
Wikipedia Authorship and Review
Wikipedia content provided here is not reviewed directly by MedLibrary.org. Wikipedia content is authored by an open community of volunteers and is not produced by or in any way affiliated with MedLibrary.org.
Wikipedia Usage Guidelines
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article on "Interspinal ligament".
The URL for this specific entry is:
All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details). Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.