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Descriptor English: Intervertebral Disc
Descriptor Spanish: Disco Intervertebral
Descriptor disco intervertebral
Scope note: Cualquiera de las 23 placas de fibrocartílago situadas entre los cuerpos de VÉRTEBRAS adyacentes.
Descriptor Portuguese: Disco Intervertebral
Descriptor French: Disque intervertébral
Entry term(s): Disc, Intervertebral
Discs, Intervertebral
Disk, Intervertebral
Disks, Intervertebral
Intervertebral Discs
Intervertebral Disk
Intervertebral Disks
Tree number(s): A02.165.308.410
A02.835.232.834.432
A10.165.382.350.050
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007403
Scope note: Any of the 23 plates of fibrocartilage found between the bodies of adjacent VERTEBRAE.
Annotation: coordinate with specific vertebrae; diseases: probably DISCITIS, INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT, or INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION but if not, index INTERVERTEBRAL DISC + SPINAL DISEASES chemonucleolysis = INTERVERTEBRAL DISC CHEMOLYSIS
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2012; see INTERVERTEBRAL DISK 1963-2011
History Note: 2012 (1963)
Related: Diskectomy MeSH
DeCS ID: 7567
Unique ID: D007403
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2012/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
Intervertebral Disc - Preferred
Concept UI M0011558
Scope note Any of the 23 plates of fibrocartilage found between the bodies of adjacent VERTEBRAE.
Preferred term Intervertebral Disc
Entry term(s) Disc, Intervertebral
Discs, Intervertebral
Disk, Intervertebral
Disks, Intervertebral
Intervertebral Discs
Intervertebral Disk
Intervertebral Disks



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