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A disc. The circular cushions between the vertebrae are called discs. It can also be spelt disks.
A disc of cartilage is found between each of the vertebrae.
intervertebral discs made of fibrous cartilage that act as shock absorbers and allow the back to move.
Cartilage cushions the joints
cartilage
Those are the so-called "disks" of the spine. You have three more of them than I have,but conversely and for the same reason, I have a titanium plate where you don't have one.
There is a cartilage disc between each vertebrae.
fibrocartilage might be it
the fleshy pads of cartilage between the vertebrae
It is the cartilage between the vertebrae of your spine. The phrase sometimes also refers to the vertebrae itself.
The discs of cartilage between the vertebrae in the upper part of the neck.
Usually smooth muscle, that or cartilage because that cushions your bones