A system of human anatomy, general and special . 118 LIGAMENTS OF THE VERTEBRAL interwoven with each other; the deeper and shorter crossing the in-tervertebral substances from one vertebra to the next; and the super-ficial and longer fibres crossing three or four vertebrae. The anterior common ligament is in relation by its -posterior or ver-tebral surface, with the intervertebral substances, the bodies of thevertebrae/and with the vessels, principally veins, which separate itscentral from its lateral portions. By its anterior or visceral surface itis in relation in the neck, with the
A system of human anatomy, general and special . 118 LIGAMENTS OF THE VERTEBRAL interwoven with each other; the deeper and shorter crossing the in-tervertebral substances from one vertebra to the next; and the super-ficial and longer fibres crossing three or four vertebrae. The anterior common ligament is in relation by its -posterior or ver-tebral surface, with the intervertebral substances, the bodies of thevertebrae/and with the vessels, principally veins, which separate itscentral from its lateral portions. By its anterior or visceral surface itis in relation in the neck, with the longus colli mus-Fig. 69.* cjeg^ tjie pjiarynx ancj t}ie oesophagus; in the thoracic region, with the aorta, the venae azygos, and tho-racic duct; and in the lumbar region with theaorta, right renal artery, right lumbar arteries,arteria sacra media, vena cava inferior, leftlumbar veins, receptaculum chyli, the commence-ment of the thoracic duct, and the tendons of the les-ser muscle of the diaphragm with the fibres of whichthe ligamentous fibres interlace. The Posterior common ligam
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