. Anatomy, descriptive and applied. Anatomy. ARTICULATIONS OF THE VERTFAiBAL COLUMN 271 structure. J. Bland Sutton' calls attention to the fact that in the human fetus a transverse ligamentous band crosses the dorsal aspect of the intervertebral disk and is continuous with the interosseous ligaments of the heads of the riljs; and also that a fetal ligamentous band exists in the ventral surface of the intervertelwal disiv which, after development, becomes the middle fasciculus of the stellate ligament. These liands are named by Sutton the posterior conjugal ligaments and the anterior conjugal l
. Anatomy, descriptive and applied. Anatomy. ARTICULATIONS OF THE VERTFAiBAL COLUMN 271 structure. J. Bland Sutton' calls attention to the fact that in the human fetus a transverse ligamentous band crosses the dorsal aspect of the intervertebral disk and is continuous with the interosseous ligaments of the heads of the riljs; and also that a fetal ligamentous band exists in the ventral surface of the intervertelwal disiv which, after development, becomes the middle fasciculus of the stellate ligament. These liands are named by Sutton the posterior conjugal ligaments and the anterior conjugal ligaments. Intemeural articulations inciiule tiie ligaments of the laminse; articular pro- cesses, spinous processes, and transverse processes. 2. Ligaments Connecting the Ligamenta Subflava. •The ligamenta subflava {Ibjamenta intercmralia) (Figs. 222 and 223) are inter- posed between the lamina? of the vertebrse, from the axis to tlie sacrum. They are most distinct wlien seen from tlie interior of tlie vertebral canal; when viewed from the outer surface they ap- pear sliort, being overlapped by the laminae. Each ligamentum subfiavum consists of two lateral portions, which commence on each side at the root of either articular process, and pass back- ward to the point where the laminfe converge to form the spinous process, where their mar- gins are in contact and to a certain extent united; slight in- tervals being left for the passage of small vessels. These ligaments consist of yellow elastic tissue, the fibres of which, almost per- pe:idicular in direction, are at- tached to the anterior surface of the laminse above, some distance from its inferior margin, and to the posterior surface, as well as to the margin of the lamina below. In the cervical region they are thin in texture, but very broad and long; they become thicker in the thoracic region, and in the lumbar acquire very considerable thickness. Their highly elastic property serves to preserve the upright postu
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