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MeSH Heading: Intervertebral Disc
Tree Number(s): A02.165.308.410; A02.835.232.834.432; A10.165.382.350.050
Unique ID: D007403
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007403
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
Scope Note: Any of the 23 plates of fibrocartilage found between the bodies of adjacent VERTEBRAE.
Entry Term(s): Disc, Intervertebral; Disk, Intervertebral; Intervertebral Disk
See Also: Diskectomy
Public MeSH Note: 2012; see INTERVERTEBRAL DISK 1963-2011
History Note: 2012 (1963)
Date Established: 2012/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/29

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0011558
Scope Note: Any of the 23 plates of fibrocartilage found between the bodies of adjacent VERTEBRAE.
Terms: Intervertebral Disc Preferred Term
Term UI T779922
Date10/29/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012); Intervertebral Disk
Term UI T022238
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Disc, Intervertebral
Term UI T022239
Date05/26/1988
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Disk, Intervertebral
Term UI T022237
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

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