intertransverse ligament
{{Short description|Ligament of the spine}}
{{Infobox ligament
| Name = Intertransverse ligament
| Latin = ligamenta intertransversaria
| Image = Gray84.png
| Caption = A cervical vertebra (transverse processes labeled at upper right)
| Image2 = Gray303.png
| Caption2 = Vertebral arches of three thoracic vertebrae viewed from the front
| From = Transverse processes
| To = Transverse processes
}}The intertransverse ligaments are weak, sheet-like{{Cite book |title=Last's Anatomy |vauthors=Sinnatamby C |publisher= Elsevier Australia|year=2011 |isbn=978-0-7295-3752-0 |edition=12th |pages=424}} ligaments interconnecting adjacent transverse processes in the thoracic spine, and adjacent accessory processes in the lumbar spine. They act to limit lateral flexion and rotation of the spine.{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1132300315 |title=Sobotta Anatomy Textbook |date=2018 |others=Friedrich Paulsen, Tobias M. Böckers, J. Waschke, Stephan Winkler, Katja Dalkowski, Jörg Mair, Sonja Klebe, Elsevier ClinicalKey |isbn=978-0-7020-6760-0 |location=Munich |pages=120 |oclc=1132300315}}
Structure
In the cervical region, they consist of a few irregular fibers that are largely replaced by the intertransversarii.{{Cite book |last=Standring |first=Susan |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1201341621 |title=Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice |year=2020 |isbn=978-0-7020-7707-4 |edition=42 |location= |pages=836 |publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences |oclc=1201341621}} In the thoracic region, they are rounded cords intimately connected with the deep muscles of the back.{{cite web |title=Gray, Henry. 1918. Anatomy of the Human Body |url=http://www.bartleby.com/107/72.html |access-date=30 March 2013 |publisher=Bartleby.com}} In the lumbar, region they are thin and membranous.
The intertransverse ligaments often blend with the intertransverse muscles.{{Cite web |title=Intertransverse ligaments |url=http://www.anatomyexpert.com/structure_detail/15106/143/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410124217/http://www.anatomyexpert.com/structure_detail/15106/143/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 10, 2013 |access-date=30 March 2013 |publisher=AnatomyExpert }}{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}
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