The vertebrae are separated by a soft cartilage cushion called the intervertebral disc.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Business News] Reference

"Seated shoulder presses do increase the compressive load on the intervertebral discs," he says.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Overhead Press: Bodybuilding's Forgotten Muscle Builder by Chris Colucci] Reference

The intervertebral foramina of the cervical spine are manifesting serial order with the cranial foramina.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

Lumbar disc disease is the drying out of the spongy interior matrix of an intervertebral disc in the spine.    From Wordnik.com.  [How do you find a diet and nutrition facts dabase online?] Reference

Structures well designed for quadrupeds are not always foolproof for upright position: intervertebral discs, knees, and plantar fascia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why should medical students study evolution? Here's an example. - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

All patients had imaging confirmed lumbar intervertebral disk herniation with persistent symptoms and signs lasting for at least six week.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-11-01] Reference

In addition, Mercedes has developed a new seat system with a two-piece backrest cushion that follows the upper body movements and minimises the strain on the intervertebral discs.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Mercedes Capable of Supplying Power for Several Homes | Impact Lab] Reference

The mechanical effects of intervertebral disc lesions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

An allele of COL9A2 associated with intervertebral disc disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Interleukin 1 polymorphisms and intervertebral disc degeneration.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

We considered nerve root impairment by a herniated intervertebral disk.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS Medicine: New Articles] Reference

Dynamic bulging of intervertebral discs in the degenerative lumbar spine.    From Wordnik.com.  [SpaceRef Top Stories] Reference

Finite element study of nutrient diffusion in the human intervertebral disc.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Radiographs showed a possible collapse of the intervertebral space between C3-4.    From Wordnik.com.  [Homepage] Reference

Is a purpose of REM sleep atonia to help regenerate intervertebral disc volumetric loss?.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

The remaining nerves come through the intervertebral foramen that rests in the center of each vertebra.    From Wordnik.com.  [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference

Over time, that intervertebral disc can herniate (project) into the space that is occupied by the nerve.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tomahawk Nation] Reference

Two of her intervertebral discs - the cushions between vertebrae - were replaced with bone from cadavers.    From Wordnik.com.  [News from www.rep-am.com] Reference

In the lumbar region they are in front of the articular processes, but behind the intervertebral foramina.    From Wordnik.com.  [II. Osteology. 3b. The Vertebral Column as a Whole] Reference

Spinal disks are flexible pads tightly fixed between the vertebrae, doctors call them intervertebral disks.    From Wordnik.com.  [recent posts - blip.tv (beta)] Reference

It is regarded as a rudimentary intervertebral fibrocartilage, and in it traces of the notochord may persist.    From Wordnik.com.  [III. Syndesmology. 5c. Articulations of the Vertebral Column with the Cranium] Reference

The rate and distribution of osteophytosis and narrowed intervertebral disc were similar in both of the groups.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Disc chondrocyte transplantation in a canine model: a treatment for degenerated or damaged intervertebral disc.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Osteophytosis presence was registered and the narrowing of the intervertebral disc and cervical lordosis were evaluated.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Despite the fact that the intervertebral foramen are also large, nerve compression is common within the lumbar vertebrae.    From Wordnik.com.  [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference

The role of collagen IX tryptophan polymorphisms in symptomatic intervertebral disc disease in Southern European patients.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Researchers analyzed data on 924 patients with sciatica (low back and leg pain) related to a herniated intervertebral disk.    From Wordnik.com.  [EHSToday.com RSS Feed] Reference

The researchers analyzed data on 924 patients with sciatica (low back and leg pain) related to a herniated intervertebral disk.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newswise: Latest News] Reference

Spinal Branches (rami spinales) enter the vertebral canal through the intervertebral foramina, and each divides into two branches.    From Wordnik.com.  [VI. The Arteries. 4. The Arteries of the Upper Extremity. a. The Subclavian Artery] Reference

Heavier weights caused compression of the intervertebral discs, which act as a cushion between the vertebrae (bones of the spine).    From Wordnik.com.  [Newswise: Latest News] Reference

Development of cell therapies for repairing the intervertebral disc is limited by the lack of a source of healthy human disc cells.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

The figure shows the end of the vertebræ to which the intervertebral substance is strongly attached; the other extremity is smooth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Report of the North-Carolina Geological Survey. Agriculture of the Eastern Counties: Together with Descriptions of the Fossils of the Marl Beds] Reference

Spine Decompression is not continuous traction, but intermittent traction which creates a negative pressure on the intervertebral disc.    From Wordnik.com.  [PRWeb - Daily News Feed] Reference

COL9A3 gene polymorphism and obesity in intervertebral disc degeneration of the lumbar spine: evidence of gene-environment interaction.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

The arachno-pia invests the cord and furnishes a sheath to each of the spinal nerves as it passes out through the intervertebral foramen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference

Nerve root impairment was graded depending on contact between intervertebral disks and nerve roots, nerve root deviation, and compression.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS Medicine: New Articles] Reference

It slowly resumed the normal position by the elasticity of the intervertebral fibrocartilage, and there was complete recovery in ten days.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference