posterior longitudinal ligament การใช้

• In Asian populations, spinal cord compression often occurs due to a different, inflammatory process affecting the posterior longitudinal ligament.
• Tears are almost always postero-lateral ( on the back of the sides ) owing to the presence of the posterior longitudinal ligament in the spinal canal.
• Mutations in this gene have been associated with Idiopathic infantile arterial calcification, ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the spine ( OPLL ), and insulin resistance.
• It is a broad, strong band which covers the dens and its ligaments, and appears to be a prolongation upward of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the vertebral column.
• In December 2014, Suwa announced he was suffering from ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament ( OPLL ) and would have to pull out of his scheduled return to the ring.
• The ligament is thick and slightly more narrow over the vertebral bodies and thinner but slightly wider over the intervertebral discs which is much less pronounced than that seen in the posterior longitudinal ligament.