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What is the anterior ligament of the vertebral column also act to?
Prevent hyperextension of the spine
Describe the anterior longitudinal ligament often damaged when whiplash occurs?
The anterior longitudinal ligament, is a tough band of tissue that runs down the front of the vertebral column and holds the vertebral bones together.
Anterior where is the cruciate ligament located on human body?
Anterior where is the cruciate ligament located on human body?
Which ligament in the knee is damaged in extension?
medial collateral, medial meniscus, and anterior cruciate
What Ligament attaches the fibula and tibia to the knee cap?
anterior cruciate ligament?
Where would you find the Anterior Cruciate Ligament?
In the Knee
What abbreviation describes the anterior cruciate ligament?
ACL
What does the A in ACL stand for?
Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL)
Does a whiplash injury always involve damage to the anterior longitudinal ligament?
Yes. It does involve damage to the anterior longitudinal ligament. At times axis vertebra gets fractured in such injury.
How does the whiplash injury affect the anterior longitudinal ligament that may be damaged when whiplash occurs?
A torn ligament can lead to vertebral disc herniation or to excessive movement of the spinal column which can result in pain spasms, cracking/grinding in the neck, or numbness in feet and hands.
Why is the anterior talofibular ligament the most commonly injured ligament in the ankle?
The first and most commonly injured ligament is the anterior talofibular ligament because of its orientation at the instant of injury and its inherent weakness. In planter flexion it aligns with the fibula, followed by calceneofibular lig.and rarely followed by PTFL
Is Anterior cruciate ligament capitalized?
Not unless it is at the beginning of a sentence.
