Ligaments of the spine

Approximately 206 bones form the structure of our body. But something has to secure all these pieces in place.

It is mainly the ligaments, tendons and múdogs, all types of connective tissue. Each provides as much stability and mobility to a greater or lesser degree.

 

Connective tissue is a wide téterm referring to various types of tissue that connect and form support structures in literally every part of the body.

The colágeno, tendons, and even the músculi are types of connective tissue.

The band, a type of connective tissue found just below the surface of the skin, can squeeze and cause pain in various parts of the body, including back.

Some diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis are considered connective tissue disorders.

The ligaments of the spine

Ligaments are like a boss of security, whose job it is to prevent any movement outside the normal range.

In the same way, spinal ligaments allow some forward movement, atrás, and lateral movement, but they put on the brakes to reduce excessive movement that may cause damageñO.

Ligaments are strong bands, fibrous that have some elasticity, but not much.

The long ligaments ensure the spine from the front and back; the ligamentsájust smallñunite the parts and ensure the vévertebrae.

Specific, the anterior longitudinal ligament joins along the front of the vévertebrae and establishes the lílimits to how much the back can be bent backwardsás.

The posterior longitudinal ligament runs along the back of the vévertebrae, and the supraspinatus ligament sticks to the tips of the appóspiny physis.

in combinationón, these two ligaments limit up to dówhere we can bend forward.

Of course, it is possible to overstretch the ligaments and of course that can be a cause of back pain.

Spinal ligaments

The alar ligament is a span of connective tissue that attaches the second vértebra cervical, known as the axis or C2, with the cráneo.

As the axis is the bone that allows rotationón the head on the neck, alar ligament helps limit range of motion such as when head rotates from side to side.

Spaghettiénot known as the verification linkón of the odontoid, este ligamento control la rotationón and prevents the head from turning too much to either side.

The anterior atlantoaxial ligament is a membrane sólida, which is fixed from the lower edge of the arch to the atlas passing belowón to the front of the body of the axis.

The posterior atlantoaxial ligament is a broad thin membrane that joins the lower border of the posterior arch of the atlas; passing nextón to the upper edges of the láaxis mines.

The nuchal ligament extends from the external occipital protuberance into the cráneo and the límedian nuchal nea to apóSpinous physis of the séptima vécervical vertebra in the lower part of the neck.

The anterior longitudinal ligament extending from the base of the cráneo along the front of each vertebral body and disc and down the anterior sacrum.

Fuses with a sleeve, al periostio, that wraps tightly around each vértebra.

This ligament is the úonly vertebral ligament that resists bendingón backwardsás and limits the forward curve of the neck and lumbar regions.

The posterior longitudinal ligament that tooén fuses with the periosteum of the vertebral bodies and upon cráneo but this time later.

Runs along the posterior side of the vertebral bodies, discs and down into the spinal canal that lies within the sacrum.

Offers uni sitesón for the dural sac of the spinal canal. Limit the tiltón forward.

The cápsule of the jointón facets, It is like the structure of a balloon that is wrapped around each joint.ón facets. Your sensory receptors guide movement between véadjacent vertebrae.

The yellow ligament is the one that connects the posterior part of the vertebral arches and forms the posterior wall of the spinal canal.

It is known as the ligamentum flavum because of the color imparted by the preponderance of the fibers theásticas.

To the sides, merges with the cápsules of the facet joints. In theínea media, becomes the interspinous ligament posteriorly.

lengthened by flexión (flexión forward) of the spine, its fibers theáelastics provide a strong return force.

The áarea of ​​the spine with the más flexión, is the regionón lumbar, and it is where the ligamentum flavum is máit's thick.

The interspinous ligament operates between the appóspiny physis. Its fibers máanterior s are rich in elastin and blend with the ligamentum flavum; its fibers máposterior s fuse with the supraspinous ligament.

The intertransverse ligaments They are the ones that are attached to the ends of the appótransverse physises and resist flexión lateral to the opposite side.

The supraspinatus ligament is the one that joins the tips of the appóspinous physises and combines with the thoracolumbar fascia.

This table clarifies the locationón and the limits of each ligament:

Ligament	Regióno spinal	Límites
Alar	Axis - cráneo	RotationóNo of Head and flexión lateral
Atlantoaxial Anterior	Axis & Atlas	extensionón
Atlantoaxial Posterior	Axis & Atlas	Flexión
Nucal ligament	Cervical	Flexión
Longitudinal Anterior	Axis - Sacred	extensionón and reinforces front of annulus fibrosus
Longitudinal Posterior	Axis - Sacred	Flexión and reinforces the back of the annulus fibrosus
Yellow ligament	Axis - Sacred	Flexión
Spiny	Torácica and lumbar	Flexión
Interspinous	Lumbar	Flexión
Intertransverse	Lumbar	the flexión lateral
Iliombar	sacroil jointsíacas	Stability and movement

These spinal ligaments, the discs and the cáFacet joint psules are all connective tissue structures necessary to maintain strength and ​​flexibility so that they can allow the unióno of the spine, así like mobility.

Straightening movements, intermittent curves of the spine, the rotationóno of the vértebras a través of its physiological rangeólogical movement and slight separationón of each pair of vévertebrae along the entire length of the spine as the body expands and contracts, all are movements that serve to delay the aging of this connective tissue that comes with time, he isñor and inactivity.