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Ligament Pop Space Layers Passed Needle Lumbar Puncture

Front What layers are passed by a needle during a lumbar puncture?
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Skin
Superficial fascia
Supraspinous ligament
Interspinous ligament
Ligamentum flavum (POP!!)
Epidural space (vertebral venous plexus)
Dura mater (POP!!)
Arachnoid mater 
Subarachnoid space (CSF)




Tags: microbiology

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