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Intervertebral disc, the Glossary

An intervertebral disc (or intervertebral fibrocartilage) lies between adjacent vertebrae in the vertebral column.^[1]

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Back anatomy
Soft tissue

Aggrecan

Aggrecan (ACAN), also known as cartilage-specific proteoglycan core protein (CSPCP) or chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 1, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ACAN gene.

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Atlas (anatomy)

In anatomy, the atlas (C1) is the most superior (first) cervical vertebra of the spine and is located in the neck. Intervertebral disc and atlas (anatomy) are bones of the vertebral column.

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Axis (anatomy)

In anatomy, the axis (from Latin axis, "axle") is the second cervical vertebra (C2) of the spine, immediately inferior to the atlas, upon which the head rests.

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Back pain

Back pain (Latin: dorsalgia) is pain felt in the back. Intervertebral disc and back pain are bones of the vertebral column.

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Cervical vertebrae

In tetrapods, cervical vertebrae (vertebra) are the vertebrae of the neck, immediately below the skull. Intervertebral disc and cervical vertebrae are bones of the vertebral column.

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Chondroitin sulfate

Chondroitin sulfate is a sulfated glycosaminoglycan (GAG) composed of a chain of alternating sugars (N-acetylgalactosamine and glucuronic acid).

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Collagen

Collagen is the main structural protein in the extracellular matrix of a body's various connective tissues.

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Cutibacterium acnes (Propionibacterium acnes) is the relatively slow-growing, typically aerotolerant anaerobic, gram-positive bacterium (rod) linked to the skin condition of acne; it can also cause chronic blepharitis and endophthalmitis, the latter particularly following intraocular surgery.

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Degenerative disc disease

Degenerative disc disease (DDD) is a medical condition typically brought on by the normal aging process in which there are anatomic changes and possibly a loss of function of one or more intervertebral discs of the spine. Intervertebral disc and Degenerative disc disease are bones of the vertebral column.

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Dermatome (anatomy)

A dermatome is an area of skin that is mainly supplied by afferent nerve fibres from the dorsal root of any given spinal nerve.

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Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis

Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is a condition characterized by abnormal calcification/bone formation (hyperostosis) of the soft tissues surrounding the joints of the spine, and also of the peripheral or appendicular skeleton.

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Discitis

Discitis, or diskitis, is an infection in the intervertebral disc space that affects different age groups.

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Epiphysis

An epiphysis (epiphyses) is one of the rounded ends or tips of a long bone that ossify from a secondary center of ossification. Intervertebral disc and epiphysis are skeletal system.

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Fibrocartilage

Fibrocartilage consists of a mixture of white fibrous tissue and cartilaginous tissue in various proportions. Intervertebral disc and Fibrocartilage are skeletal system.

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Glycosaminoglycan

Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) or mucopolysaccharides are long, linear polysaccharides consisting of repeating disaccharide units (i.e. two-sugar units).

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HPS stain

In histology, the HPS stain, or hematoxylin phloxine saffron stain, is a way of marking tissues.

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Human musculoskeletal system

The human musculoskeletal system (also known as the human locomotor system, and previously the activity system) is an organ system that gives humans the ability to move using their muscular and skeletal systems.

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Hyaluronic acid

Hyaluronic acid (abbreviated HA; conjugate base hyaluronate), also called hyaluronan, is an anionic, nonsulfated glycosaminoglycan distributed widely throughout connective, epithelial, and neural tissues.

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Intervertebral disc arthroplasty

Artificial disc replacement (ADR), or total disc replacement (TDR), is a type of arthroplasty.

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Joint

A joint or articulation (or articular surface) is the connection made between bones, ossicles, or other hard structures in the body which link an animal's skeletal system into a functional whole. Intervertebral disc and joint are skeletal system.

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Keratan sulfate

Keratan sulfate (KS), also called keratosulfate, is any of several sulfated glycosaminoglycans (structural carbohydrates) that have been found especially in the cornea, cartilage, and bone.

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Ligament

A ligament is the fibrous connective tissue that connects bones to other bones. Intervertebral disc and ligament are skeletal system and soft tissue.

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List of human cell types

The list of human cell types provides an enumeration and description of the various specialized cells found within the human body, highlighting their distinct functions, characteristics, and contributions to overall physiological processes.

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Lumbar

In tetrapod anatomy, lumbar is an adjective that means of or pertaining to the abdominal segment of the torso, between the diaphragm and the sacrum. Intervertebral disc and lumbar are skeletal system.

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Lumbar spinal stenosis

Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a medical condition in which the spinal canal narrows and compresses the nerves and blood vessels at the level of the lumbar vertebrae. Intervertebral disc and lumbar spinal stenosis are bones of the vertebral column.

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Magnetic resonance imaging

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to form pictures of the anatomy and the physiological processes inside the body.

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Muscle tone

In physiology, medicine, and anatomy, muscle tone (residual muscle tension or tonus) is the continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles, or the muscle's resistance to passive stretch during resting state.

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Notochord

In zoology and developmental anatomy, the notochord is an elastic, rod-like anatomical structure found in many deuterostomal animals.

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Oncotic pressure

Oncotic pressure, or colloid osmotic-pressure, is a type of osmotic pressure induced by the plasma proteins, notably albumin, in a blood vessel's plasma (or any other body fluid such as blood and lymph) that causes a pull on fluid back into the capillary.

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Paresthesia

Paresthesia is an abnormal sensation of the skin (tingling, pricking, chilling, burning, numbness) with no apparent physical cause.

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Proteoglycan

Proteoglycans are proteins that are heavily glycosylated.

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Schmorl's nodes

Schmorl's nodes are protrusions of the nucleus pulposus of the intervertebral disc through the vertebral body endplate and into the adjacent vertebra. Intervertebral disc and Schmorl's nodes are back anatomy and bones of the vertebral column.

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Sciatica

Sciatica is pain going down the leg from the lower back.

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Sclerosis (medicine)

Sclerosis is the stiffening of a tissue or anatomical feature, usually caused by a replacement of the normal organ-specific tissue with connective tissue.

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Scoliosis

Scoliosis (scolioses) is a condition in which a person's spine has an irregular curve. Intervertebral disc and Scoliosis are bones of the vertebral column.

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Solar eclipse

A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of Earth, totally or partially.

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Spelling of disc

Disc and disk are both variants of the English word for objects of a generally thin and cylindrical geometry.

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Spinal decompression

Spinal decompression is the relief of pressure on the spinal cord or on one or more compressed nerve roots passing through or exiting the spinal column.

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Symphysis

A symphysis (symphyses) is a fibrocartilaginous fusion between two bones.

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Thorax

The thorax (thoraces or thoraxes) or chest is a part of the anatomy of mammals and other tetrapod animals located between the neck and the abdomen.

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Type I collagen

Type I collagen is the most abundant collagen of the human body, consisting of around 90% of the body's total collagen in vertebrates.

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Type II collagen

Type II collagen is the basis for hyaline cartilage, including the articular cartilages at joint surfaces.

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Vacuole

A vacuole is a membrane-bound organelle which is present in plant and fungal cells and some protist, animal, and bacterial cells.

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Vertebra

Each vertebra (vertebrae) is an irregular bone with a complex structure composed of bone and some hyaline cartilage, that make up the vertebral column or spine, of vertebrates. Intervertebral disc and vertebra are skeletal system.

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Vertebral column

The vertebral column, also known as the spinal column, spine or backbone, is the core part of the axial skeleton in vertebrate animals. Intervertebral disc and vertebral column are bones of the vertebral column and skeletal system.

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X-ray

X-rays (or rarely, X-radiation) are a form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intervertebral_disc

Also known as Annulus fibrosus disci intervertebralis, Annulus fibrosus of intervertebral disk, Anulus fibrosus disci intervertebralis, Anulus fibrosus of intervertebral disk, Cervical disc disorder, Cervical disc disorders, Disci intervertebrales, Discogenic, Discogenic pain, Discus intervertebralis, Fibrous ring of intervertebral disk, IVDD, Intervertebral Disks, Intervertebral disc disorder, Intervertebral disc disorders, Intervertebral disc space, Intervertebral discs, Intervertebral disk, Intervertebral fibrocartilage, Intervertebral fibrocartilages, Invertebral disc, Lumbar disc disorder, Nucleus propulsus, Nucleus pulposus, Nucleus pulposus cell, Spinal disc, Spinal disk, Vertebral disc.

Intervertebral disc, the Glossary

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