Encyclopedia of Pain

2013 Edition
| Editors: Gerald F. Gebhart, Robert F. Schmidt

Intervertebral Disc

Reference work entry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28753-4_201071

Definition

The portion between each vertebral body, composed of the annulus fibrosis and the nucleus pulposis.

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