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Intervertebral Disc
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Description
- Number of Vertebrae
- Cervical
- Thoracic
- Lumbar
- Annulus Fibrosis
- composed of type I collagen, water, and proteoglycans
- characterized by extensibility, tensile strength
- Nucleus Puloposus
- composed of type II collagen, water, and proteoglycans
- characterized by compressibility