A 39-year-old male presents with severe neck pain after a whiplash injury, sustained when his car was struck from behind. Radiographic studies reveal trauma to the ligament lying on the anterior surface of the cervical vertebral bodies. Which ligament is this?

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Anterior longitudinal ligament

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Ligamentum flavum

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Nuchal ligament

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Posterior longitudinal ligament

A 39-year-old male presents with severe neck pain after a whiplash injury, sustained when his car was struck from behind. Radiographic studies reveal trauma to the ligament lying on the anterior surface of the cervical vertebral bodies. Which ligament is this?

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