KROK 1 2011 – Question 131 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy
A patient has been diagnosed with a compression fracture of a lumbar vertebra. As a result he has a considerable increase in curvature of the lumbar lordosis. Which ligament damage can induce such changes in the spine curvature?
- A. Posterior longitudinal ligament
- B. Interspinous ligament
- C. Anterior longitudinal ligament
- D. Iliolumbar ligament
- E. Yellow ligament
Hint
Decide which movement exaggerates lordosis and which ligament, by its position relative to the vertebral bodies, normally checks that movement.
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