nucleus pulposus

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nucleus pulposus [¦nü·klē·əs pəl′pō·səs]

(anatomy)

The soft, fibrocartilaginous central portion of the intervertebral disk.

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No references found			Patients with cervical radiculopathy present with cervical pain and neurologic deficits resulting from a herniated nucleus pulposus or an osteophyte. Information About Brachial Plexus by Richard James / Health, general community 2) Remnants of the notochord are found in the nucleus pulposus and in the clival bone marrow. Neck pain: common complaint, uncommon diagnosis--symptomatic clival ... by Davis, Charles P. / Southern Medical Journal When you age, the amount of water in the nucleus pulposus decreases causing the other joints in t he spine to bear too much of the weight of the body and the impact of running, which can result in degenerative joint disease (osteoarthritis) of the spine. Running and spine health. (The Clinic) by Running & FitNews			Nucleolus nucleon nucleon number nucleonics nucleonium nucleophile Nucleophilic and Electrophilic Reagents nucleophilic displacement nucleophilic reagent nucleophilic substitution nucleoplasm Nucleoprotein nucleor nucleoreticulum nucleosidase Nucleoside nucleosome nucleospindle nucleosynthesis nucleotidase nucleotide nucleotide excision repair Nucleotides Nucleus nucleus counter nucleus pulposus Nucleus, Atomic Nucleus, Cometary Nucleus, Galactic nuclide Nuda Nude Nudechiniscidae nudibranch Nudibranchia nudism Nudity Nueces County nuée ardente Nuer Nuestra Se–ora de Itat' Nueva Galicia Nueva Palmira Nueva Rosita Nueva San Salvador Nuevitas Nuevo Laredo Nuevo Leon Nuevo León Nuffield Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories			nucleus of origin nucleus of origin nucleus of origin nucleus of origin nucleus of solitary tract Nucleus of Spheres Nucleus of the Accessory Olfactory Tract Nucleus of the Accessory Optic Tract Nucleus of the Accessory Spinal Nerve Nucleus of the Basal Optic Root Nucleus of the Dorsal Lateral Funiculus Nucleus of the Lateral Line Lobe Nucleus of the Lateral Olfactory Tract Nucleus of the Medial Longitudinal Fasciculus Nucleus of the oculomotor nerve Nucleus of the oculomotor nerve Nucleus of the Optic Tract-Dorsal Terminal Nucleus Nucleus of the solitary tract Nucleus olivaris Nucleus olivaris nucleus paraventricularis nucleus paraventricularis nucleus paraventricularis nucleus paraventricularis Nucleus Preopticus Nucleus Prepositus Hypoglossi-Medial Vestibular Nucleus Region Nucleus proprius Nucleus proprius Nucleus proprius Nucleus proprius nucleus pulposus Nucleus pulposus cell Nucleus pulposus cell nucleus pulposus herniation nucleus pulposus herniation Nucleus raphe magnus Nucleus reticularis gigantocellularis Nucleus Reticularis Paragigantocellularis Nucleus reticularis pontis oralis Nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis nucleus ruber nucleus ruber nucleus ruber nucleus ruber Nucleus Software Exports Ltd. nucleus supraopticus nucleus supraopticus nucleus supraopticus nucleus supraopticus Nucleus Tegmentalis Dorsalis Lateralis nucleus thoracicus nucleus thoracicus nucleus thoracicus nucleus thoracicus Nucleus tractus solitarius Nucleus Tractus Solitarius Medialis Nucleus Tractus Solitarius/Dorsal Motor Nucleus of the Vagus Nerve Nucleus Ventralis Lateralis/Nucleus Ventralis Medialis Nucleus Ventro-Lateralis Anterior Solitarii Nucleus ventromedialis Nucleus Ventromedialis Hypothalami

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