anterior longitudinal ligament การใช้

• Anterior longitudinal ligament injuries in whiplash may lead to cervical instability.
• This short ligament forms the continuation of the anterior longitudinal ligament and stretches over the sacrococcygeal symphysis.
• The mesh is strongly attached at two points : namely the uterus / cervix and the anterior longitudinal ligament over the sacral promontory.
• Herniations usually occur posterolaterally, where the anulus fibrosus is relatively thin and is not reinforced by the posterior or anterior longitudinal ligament.
• The ligament is more narrow at the vertebral bodies and wider at the intervertebral disc space which is more pronounced than the anterior longitudinal ligament.
• Inferiorly, the prevertebral layer blends with the endothoracic fascia peripherally and fuses with the anterior longitudinal ligament centrally at approximately the level of the T3 vertebra.
• It is strengthened in the middle line by a rounded cord, which connects the tubercle on the anterior arch of the atlas to the body of the axis, and is a continuation upward of the anterior longitudinal ligament.