Fig. 2 A-C.

Illustrations of three different types of injuries that would fit into the distraction category of morphologic features. (A) Injury to the posterior elements causing distraction of the two adjacent spinous processes. (B) Injury to the discoligamentous complex, anterior, and posterior ligaments with distraction between the two vertebra. (C) Spinous process fracture with superior distraction of the anterior vertebral body. Dotted lines represent ligamentous disruption or fracture lines.