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What is difference between tendon and ligament?
The main difference between tendons and ligaments is that they connect different parts of the anatomy. Tendons connect muscles to bones, while ligaments connect bones to other bones.
What is the function of intracapsular ligaments?
The intracapsular ligaments of the knee still connect the femur and the tibia, and they perform two tasks. First, they help the extracapsular MCL and LCL stabilize the knee joint. Secondly, these ligaments prevent your knee from bending in the opposite direction.
What causes muscle tone?
Muscle tone is the resting tension in a skeletal muscle. It occurs because there are always a few motor units contracting in a resting muscle. These contractions do not cause enough tension to produce movement.
What is the name of the upper leg bone in the thigh?
femur
The thigh bone, or femur, is the large upper leg bone that connects the lower leg bones (knee joint) to the pelvic bone (hip joint).
Which is the correct definition of ligamentum flavum?
Ligamentum Flavum Definition. One of a series of bands of elastic tissue that runs between the lamina from the axis to the sacrum, the ligamentum flavum connects the laminae and fuses with the facet joint capsules. These bands serve as a covering over the spinal canal. Ligamentum flavum literally means “yellow ligament,”…
Why are ligaments important in the vertebral column?
Ligaments. The system of ligaments in the vertebral column, combined with the tendons and muscles, provides a natural brace to help protect the spine from injury. Ligaments aid in joint stability during rest and movement and help prevent injury from hyperextension and hyperflexion (excessive movements).
What are the effects of ligamentum flavum ossification?
The inflammation then leads to hypertrophic scar formation (fibrosis) ( Sairyo et al., 2007 ). The ligamentum flavum can also ossify over a long period of time, which can lead to serious vertebral canal stenosis. Ossification of the ligamentum flavum has a higher prevalence in the Asian population than in other racial groups.
Where is ligamentum flavum excised in the spine?
Ligamentum flavum is excised at both interlaminar spaces at the cephalad and caudad levels of the laminoplasty. Gregory D. Cramer, Barclay W. Bakkum, in Clinical Anatomy of the Spine, Spinal Cord, and Ans (Third Edition), 2014