THE ARTICULATIONS OF THE TRUNK 



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Interior common ligament 

 .Lig. longitudinale anterius 



Nucleus pulposus, or central pulpy 



portion of the intervertebral disc 



Posterior common ligament 



Lig. longitudinale posterius 



Superior articular process of 

 the third lumbar vertebra 



Capsule of the joint of the articular---'" 



processes 

 Capsula articulationis intervertebralis 



Inferior articular process of the second 

 lumbar vertebra 



Inferior articular process of the third 

 lumbar vertebra 



Spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra 



Annulus fibrosus, or external 



> fibrolaminar portion of the 



intervertebral disc 



Joint of the articular pro- 

 cesses 

 Articulatio intervertebralis 



Ligamentum subflavum 

 Lig. flavum 



Interspinous ligament 

 Lig interspinale 



Supraspinous ligament 

 Lig. supraspinale 



FIG. 397. INTERVERTEBRAL Disc BETWEEN THE SECOND LUMBAR VERTEBRA AND THE THIRD. 



(LOWER HALF OF A HORIZONTAL SECTION.) 



columnae vertebralis The ligaments of the vertebral column. 



