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ligamentum columnae vertebralis

Identification
Official Latin term ligamentum columnae vertebralis
Official subsidiary term ligamento de la columna vertebral
Unit identifier TAH:U11018
Unit type taxonomic
Materiality material
Navigation
Link to the unit ligamentum columnae vertebralis
Links of entity taxonomic: ligamentum columnae vertebralis
Entity-oriented links Universal page Definition page
External links FMA PubMed
Taxonomic links Level 2: organum ligamentum Short Extended
Level 3: ligamentum skeletale
Subsidiary language with Latin
Non Latin primary language
Taxonomic definition
Taxonomic definition A ligament of vertebral column is a skeletal ligament [ligamentum skeletale ] which concerns the vertebral column [columna vertebralis ].
Documentation

The ligaments of vertebral column

These ligaments belongs to 3 categories: 1) the ligaments of the atlantoaxial joint; 2) the longitudinal ligaments; 3) the ligaments of the intervertebral syndesmoses. The ligaments of the atlantooccipital joints are considered as cranial ligaments.

Quantitatively, there are 146 ligaments of vertebral column. The partition is 4 longitudinal ligaments, 9 ligaments of the atlantoaxial joint and 133 ligaments of the intervertebral syndesmoses: the detail is 23 interspinous ligaments, 2 x 24 yellow ligaments, 2 x 22 intertransverse ligaments and 18 supraspinous ligaments.

Attention must be given to the supraspinous ligament. It is in fact a unique entity extending from C7 to the sacrum. But many authors considers it is made of intervertebral segments also named ligaments. For this reason, each segment is represented in the taxonomic hierarchy of ligaments, and not under segments of ligament!

Taxonomy
FMA:62955
FMA:61775
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FMA:67135
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FMA:55670
FMA:55665
FMA:21496
FMA:25624
FMA:31892 ligamentum columnae vertebralis
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Date: 16.06.2025