Intervertebral discs
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Surface
Skeleton
Muscles
Uncus corporis
[Proc uncinatus]
Anulus fibrosus
Pediculus arcus
vertebrae
Corpus vertebrae
N. spinalis,
Ganglion
sensorium
nervi spinalis
a
A. vertebralis
Corpus »
Llg. longitudinale
vertebrae \
posterius
Epiphysis anularis
Anulus fibrosus
Epiphysis anularis
Nucleus pulposus
Corpus vertebrae
Fig. 790a, b
Intervertebral discs, Disci intervertébrales,
a Cervical intervertebral discs, Disci intervertébrales
cervicales;
frontal section
b
Lumbar intervertebral disc, Discus intervertebralis lumbalis;
median section
* Hyaline cartilaginous covering of the end-plates of the
vertebral bodies reflecting the non-ossified portion of the
epiphyses
** In the first decade of life, so-called uncovertebral clefts
develop in the lateral zones of the cervical intervertebral
discs, which can progress further towards the middle in
the following decades.
Discus
intervertebralis
Llg. longitudinale posterius
N. spinalis
Anulus
fibrosus
Nucleus
pulposus
Lig. longitudinale anterius
Fascia thoracolumbalis
Vertebra lumbalis I,
Corpus vertebrae
Proc. spinosus
Discus intervertebralis
Canalis vertebralis;
Cauda equina
Spatium epidurale
Vertebra lumbalis V,
Corpus vertebrae
Canalis sacralis
Fig. 791
Lumbar intervertebral disc,
Discus intervertebralis lumbalis;
superior view.
Fig. 792
Lumbar parts of the vertebral column;
magnetic resonance tomographic image (MRI);
median section.
