ligament to hold the vertebrae together, and to function as a shock absorber for the spine.

Structure

thumbIntervertebral discs consist of an outer fibrous ring, the anulus (or annulus) fibrosus disci intervertebralis, which surrounds an inner gel-like center, the nucleus pulposus.

The anulus fibrosus consists of several layers (laminae) of fibrocartilage made up of both type I

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