Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook

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Ve rtebral Ligaments of the Lumbar Region

(mid-sagittal section, left lateral view)

Spinal cord

Interspinous

ligament

Anterior
longitudinal ligament

Spinous process

Posterior

longitudinal ligament

Ligamentum

flavum

Supraspinous

ligament

Ve rtebral body

Intervertebral disc

Appendices: Anatomical Plates

Figure A-5