Figure: intervertebral disc bulge

Figure: intervertebral disc bulge

Intervertebral disc bulge
Disc protrusion

  1. Spinal nerve -
    Spinal nerve
  2. Spinal ganglion -
    Ganlion sensorium
  3. W.vertebral body -
    Corpus vertebraea
  4. Gelatinous core -
    Nucleus pulposus
  5. Fiber ring -
    Annulus fibrosus
  6. Intervertebral disc
    (Intervertebral disc) -
    Discus inter vertebralisa
  7. Thinned fiber ring
    A - intervertebral disc
    bulging
    Vortex from above and from the right
    B - healthy disc
    C - herniated disc

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