nucleus pulposus
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
nucleus pulposus
- nucleus pulposus (diskus intervertebralis)
- pulpy nucleus
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
Function noyes: It functions to distribute hydraulic pressure in all directions within each disc under compressive loads.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Cervical_vertebra_english.png
we group two FMA classes together
uberon
nucleus pulposus of intervertebral disk, nucleus propulsus, nucleus propulsus of intervertebral disk
UBERON:0002242
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]
Term relations
- connective tissue
- ectoderm-derived structure
- mesoderm-derived structure
- has_part some collection of collagen fibrils
- contributes to morphology of some intervertebral disk
- part of some intervertebral disk
- develops from some notochord