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Tissues > Connective Tissue > Bone and Bones > Spine > Intervertebral Disc
Musculoskeletal System > Skeleton > Bone and Bones > Spine > Intervertebral Disc
Tissues > Connective Tissue > Cartilage > Fibrocartilage > Intervertebral Disc
Musculoskeletal System > Cartilage > Fibrocartilage > Intervertebral Disc

Preferred term

Intervertebral Disc  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Any of the 23 plates of fibrocartilage found between the bodies of adjacent VERTEBRAE.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Disc, Intervertebral
  • Disk, Intervertebral
  • Intervertebral Disk

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-WNTMCW4X-W

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