Rather, peri-mortem submersion resulted in buoyancy that enabled the Ligamentum elasticum to pull the head and tail back.
12.
The left RLN is longer than the right, because it crosses under the arch of the aorta at the ligamentum arteriosum.
13.
The ligamentum nuchae was found to be continuous with the posterior cervical spinal dura and the lateral portion of the occipital bone.
14.
The ductus arteriosus connects to the final section of the arch in foetal life and the ligamentum arteriosum when the ductus arteriosus regresses.
15.
The blood supply to the femoral head and neck is enhanced by the artery of the ligamentum teres derived from the obturator artery.
16.
The " ligamentum flavum " and " dura mater " are not as thick in infants and children as they are in adults.
17.
The residual scar tissue from the fibrotic remnants of the DA, called the " ligamentum arteriosum ", remains in the normal adult heart.
18.
Initial secretion of bradykinin post-natally causes constriction and eventual atrophy of the ductus arteriosus, forming the ligamentum arteriosum between the pulmonary trunk and aortic arch.
19.
After splitting from the left vagus nerve, the left recurrent laryngeal loops around the aortic arch behind the ligamentum arteriosum, after which it ascends to the larynx.
20.
This ligament is the homologue of the ligamentum conjugale present in some mammals, and uniting the heads of opposite ribs, across the back of the intervertebral fibrocartilage.
