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THE ARTICULATIONS 



The supraspinous ligament (fig. 270) extends without interruption as a 

 well-marked band of longitudinal fibres along the tips of the spines of the vertebrae 

 from that of the seventh cervical downward till it ends on the median sacral crest. 



Fig. 269. — Side View of Ligamentum NucHiE. 



Ligamentum nuchse 

 First interspinalis muscle 



Fig. 270. —The Interspinous and Supraspinous Ligaments in the Lumbar^Region. 



The interspinous ligament 



The supraspinous ligament 



It8 more Hupcrficial fihrew are much lon^fir than the deep. The deeper fibres pass over 

 adjacent spines only, while the superficial overlie several. It is connected laterally with the 

 aponeurotic structures of the back; indeed, in the lumbar region, where it is well marked, it 



