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Morphological Observation of Sympathetic Nerve Fibers in the Human Posterior
Longitudinal Ligament
Haiyan Li, M.M.*, Xuexiao Ma, M.D.*, Fengxia Liu*, Tengbo Yu, M.D. *, Bin Yue, M.D.*, Hongfei Xiang, M.M. *, Xiaolin Wu, M.M. *, Bohua Chen, M.D.** Department of orthopedics, the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China, 266003
Morphology of different nerve fibers fluorescence distributed along the posterior longitudinal ligament by fluororesence methods
scattered punctate nerve fibers on
the axial section linear nerve fibers on the sagittal section
Morphology of different nerve fibers fluorescence distributed along the posterior longitudinal ligament by fluororesence methods
X400 axis position X400 coronal position
×400 sagittal position
Surface
Deep
Cervical PLL may be innervated by different shapes of sympathetic nerve fibers in Human,wavy or linear under fluorescence microscope.
β fibers: straight, long, and thin, assembled in deep ligament tissue.
α fibers :tortuous, wavy, thick, and short, along the surface of ligament tissue.
comparison of images between cervical spondylosis and cervical trauma group
The cervical spondylosis group The cervical trauma group
X-rays
MRI X-rays
MRI