Layer's encountered during a Lumbar Puncture

The layers encountered during a Lumbar puncture, starting from the skin and going deep.

Dr Aparajeya Shanker, MD

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Surgical Anatomy

Layers encountered in Lumbar Puncture

  1. Skin

  2. Subcutaneous tissue

  3. Supraspinous ligament

  4. Interspinous ligament

  5. Ligamentum flavum

  6. Epidural space containing the internal vertebral venous plexus

  7. Dura Mater

  8. Arachnoid Mater

  9. Subarachnoid space

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