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nucleus pulposus
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002242
the jelly-like substance in the middle of the spinal disc which is a remnant of the notochord [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/llw2 ]
Term info
Label
nucleus pulposus
Synonyms
- nucleus pulposus (diskus intervertebralis)
- pulpy nucleus
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
comment
Function noyes: It functions to distribute hydraulic pressure in all directions within each disc under compressive loads.
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Cervical_vertebra_english.png
external ontology notes
we group two FMA classes together
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
nucleus pulposus of intervertebral disk, nucleus propulsus of intervertebral disk, nucleus propulsus
id
UBERON:0002242
structure notes
The nucleus pulposus consists of chondrocytes, collagen fibrils, and proteoglycan aggrecans that have hyaluronic long chains which attract water. Attached to each hyaluronic chain are side chains of chondroitin sulfate and keratan sulfate[Wikipedia:Nucleus_pulposus]