Trunk (thorax, abdomen, back)
Intertransverse ligaments
Ligamenta intertransversaria
- Origin
- Transverse process of the upper vertebra
- Insertion
- Transverse process of the lower vertebra
- Function
- Limits contralateral lateral flexion and provides rotational stability
- Innervation
- Dorsal rami of spinal nerves
- Movement & chain
- Tensioned during contralateral side-bending
- Palpation
- Deep to paraspinal muscles, not directly palpable
- Clinical
- Strain during lateral bending/torsion injuries; facet and segmental dysfunction
- Segmental innervation
- C1–L5 segmental
- In clinical practice
- Considered during spinal mobilization and core stability rehabilitation
- Region in the model
- Trunk (thorax, abdomen, back)