Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2017
A patient is diagnosed with compression fracture of the lumbar vertebra. The patient presents with acutely increased lumbar lordosis. What ligament was damaged in this patient resulting in such deformation of vertebral column curvature?
Answer options
- Interspinal ligament
- Iliolumbar ligament
- Anterior longitudinal ligament
- Yellow ligament
- Posterior longitudinal ligament
Correct answer
Anterior longitudinal ligament
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