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... > Musculoskeletal System > Skeleton > Bone and Bones > Spine > Intervertebral Disc > Nucleus Pulposus
... > Tissues > Connective Tissue > Bone and Bones > Spine > Intervertebral Disc > Nucleus Pulposus
Musculoskeletal System > Cartilage > Fibrocartilage > Intervertebral Disc > Nucleus Pulposus
... > Tissues > Connective Tissue > Cartilage > Fibrocartilage > Intervertebral Disc > Nucleus Pulposus

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Nucleus Pulposus  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Scope note

  • Fibrocartilage inner core of the intervertebral disc. Prolapsed or bulged nucleus pulposus leads to INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT while proliferation of cells in the nucleus pulposus is associated with INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION.

History note

  • 2017

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000070614

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