KROK 1 2012 – Question 155 · 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. Yellow ligament
- B. Posterior longitudinal ligament
- C. Interspinous ligament
- D. Anterior longitudinal ligament
- E. Iliolumbar ligament
Hint
Exaggerated lordosis means too much extension of the spine, so think about which spinal ligament normally restrains that movement.
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