supraspinal ligament

supraspinal ligament
supraspinal ligament n a fibrous cord that joins the tips of the spinous processes of the vertebrae from the seventh cervical vertebra to the sacrum and that continues forward to the skull as the ligamentum nuchae called also supraspinous ligament

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supraspinous ligament ligamentum supraspinale.

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