| 单词 | intervertebral disc |
| 释义 | > as lemmasintervertebral disc a. More fully intervertebral disc. A rounded plate of fibrocartilage lying between the bodies (centra) of adjacent vertebrae, consisting of an outer fibrous ring (the annulus fibrosus) and an inner gelatinous mass (the nucleus pulposus).slipped disc: see slipped adj.1 2. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > cartilage > cartilage of specific parts > [noun] > of vertebra disc1870 1829 N. Amer. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 7 177 The ligamentous intervertebral discs approach to the nature of the fibrous tissue, and do not possess the properties of real cartilage. 1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life Introd. p. xliii All the other vertebrae have their centra articulated together by fibro-cartilaginous discs. 1913 E. R. Bundy Text-bk. Anat. & Physiol. for Nurses (ed. 2) iii. 35 The bodies [of the vertebrae] are composed of spongy bone, placed one above the other and held together by discs of fibrocartilage between them. 1991 She May 70/3 Neither can help pain caused by disease, a severely prolapsed disc or advanced osteoporosis. 2002 P. Thomas What works, what Doesn't xvi. 220 In bi-peds..the discs and joints of the spine have become weight bearing, but they were originally intended to be slung underneath a horizontal back. < as lemmas |
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