Ligamentum flavum Health Dictionary

Ligamentum Flavum: From 1 Different Sources


an important posterior ligament of the spine, which is thickened and yellowish in colour and joins the *laminae of adjacent vertebrae.
Health Source: Oxford | Concise Colour Medical Dictionary
Author: Jonathan Law, Elizabeth Martin

Laminotomy

n. the surgical creation of a window-like opening in the posterior arch of a vertebra by removing a small piece of *lamina and adjacent *ligamentum flavum.... laminotomy



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