Foundational Model of Anatomy

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Preferred Name

Posterior longitudinal ligament

Synonyms
Definitions

Ligament of vertebral column, each instance of which is fibrous band attached to the dorsal surfaces of the bodies of some vertebrae, extending from the sacrum to the body of the axis (C2) and from there spreads out as the tectorial membrane which inserts in some occipital bone.

ID

http://purl.org/sig/ont/fma/fma31894

definition

Ligament of vertebral column, each instance of which is fibrous band attached to the dorsal surfaces of the bodies of some vertebrae, extending from the sacrum to the body of the axis (C2) and from there spreads out as the tectorial membrane which inserts in some occipital bone.

FMAID

31894

label

Posterior longitudinal ligament

non-English equivalent

Ligament longitudinal postérieur

Ligamentum longitudinale posterius

preferred name

Posterior longitudinal ligament

prefixIRI

fma:fma31894

subClassOf

http://purl.org/sig/ont/fma/fma31892

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