Manual of general, descriptive, and pathological anatomy (Volume 2).

  • Meckel, J. F. (Johann Friedrich), 1781-1833.
Date:
1832
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    C. INTERTRANSVERSE LIGAMENTS. § 830. The intertransverse, ligaments (Lig. recta processutnn trans- versalium vertebrarum, s. interlransversaria) do not every where exist. They are found only between the transverse processes of the inferior dorsal vertebrae forward. They serve not so much to unite the verte- brae as to multiply the points of attachment for the sacro-lumbalis and the levatores costarum muscles. II. CAPSULAR LIGAMENTS. § 831. We find on each side, between every two vertebra, a capsu- lar ligament, the ligament of the articular processes {Lig. capsulare processum obliquorum) ; this arises from the circumference of the articu- lar faces of the adjacent oblique processes by irregular bundles of fibres. In the dorsal and lumbar regions this ligament is strengthened ante- riorly by the yellow ligaments. These ligaments have not the same extent in every part. They are much looser and less tense in the neck than in the other parts of the vertebral column. The broadest, the thinnest, and the loosest, is that between the first and second cervical vertebrae. CHAPTER II. OF THE LIGAMENTS OF THE RIBS. § 832. The ligaments of the ribs are divided into three classes : 1st. Those situated between the ribs and the vertebrae. 2d. Those situated between the ribs and the sternum. 3d. Those which exist between the ribs. I. LIGAMENTS BEWEEN THE RIBS AND THE VERTEBRiE. § 833. The ligaments between the ribs and the vertebra, are some of them synovial capsules, and others supplementary fibres, which unite the posterior parts of the ribs with the bodies and the transverse processes of the vertebrae. A. LIGAMENTS OF THE HEADS OF THE BIBS. § 834. The ligaments of the heads of the ribs {Lig. capitulorum costarum) are short capsules, which extend from the lateral articular facets of the dorsal vertebrae to the heads of the ribs. These capsules are strengthened in front by the oblique fibrous ligaments, which have two different directions; the upper go from within outward, and from above downward, and the inferior in the opposite.direction.