What structures are pierced when doing an LP?

Answer Posted / syeda nazia saher

1.skin
2.superficial facsia
3.supraspinous ligament
4.interspinous ligament
5.ligamentum flavum
6.areolar tissue containing internal vertebral venous plexux
7.dura mater with sub dural space
8.arachnoid mater
9.sub arachnoid space containing CSF

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