KROK 1 2009 – Question 27 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy
It is necessary to take the cerebrospinal fluid from a patient with suspected inflammation of brain tunics. Diagnostic puncture was performed between the arches of the lumbar vertebras. During the puncture the needle went through the following ligament:
- A. Iliolumbar
- B. Posterior longitudinal
- C. Intertransverse
- D. Yellow (flaval)
- E. Anterior longitudinal
Hint
Follow the needle layer by layer from the skin toward the spinal canal and ask which ligament closes the gap between adjacent vertebral arches.
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