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intervertebral disk
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001066
A pad of fibrocartilage between the articular surfaces of two successive vertebral centra which has nucleus pulposus at its core. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intervertebral_disk https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0073040584 ]
Term info
Label
intervertebral disk
Synonyms
- discus intervertebralis
- intervertebral disc
- spinal disc
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim
comment
whose gel-like core is nucleus puloposus, by this definition only in mammals
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Gray301.png
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
intervertebral fibrocartilage, spinal disk
id
UBERON:0001066
taxon notes
strictly speaking the term intervertebral disk [applies to intervertebral cartilage]