As a person ages, the disks between the vertebrae degenerate and dry out, and the fibers holding them in place tear
An intervertebral disk in which the nucleus pulposus has protruded through surrounding fibrocartilage. This occurs most frequently in the lower lumbar region. Alternative terms: Intervertebral Disk Displacement; Disk Displacement, Intervertebral; Disk Displacements, Intervertebral; Displacement, Intervertebral Disk; Displacements, Intervertebral Disk; Intervertebral Disk Displacements; Intervertebral Disc Displacement; Disc Displacement, Intervertebral; Disc Displacements, Intervertebral; Displacement, Intervertebral Disc; Displacements, Intervertebral Disc; Intervertebral Disc Displacements; Disk, Herniated; Disks, Herniated; Herniated Disk; Herniated Disks; Slipped Disk; Disk, Slipped; Disks, Slipped; Slipped Disks; Disk Prolapse; Disk Prolapses; Prolapse, Disk; Prolapses, Disk; Prolapsed Disk; Disk, Prolapsed; Disks, Prolapsed; Prolapsed Disks; Herniated Disc; Disc, Herniated; Discs, Herniated; Herniated Discs; Lumbar is referring to the lower back L1-L5
It is the removal of an intervertebral disk
The intervertebral disc has undergone compression.
The surgical removal of a portion of an intervertebral disk
The strong fibrous tissue outer periphery of the intervertebral disk is called the annulus fibrosus.
Horst Wenker has written: 'Lumbaler Bandscheibenvorfall und Lumboischialgie' -- subject(s): Diseases, Intervertebral Disk Displacement, Intervertebral disk, Lumbar vertebrae
Patricia J. Luttgen has written: 'Canine intervertebral disk disease' -- subject(s): Anatomy, Diseases, Dogs, Hernia, Intervertebral disk
The surgical removal of a portion of an intervertebral disk
Cylindrical elastic-like gel pads
Intervertebral discs begin to develop during embryonic growth, around the 6th week of gestation. By the age of 20, the intervertebral discs are fully formed.
Artificial disk replacement is a surgery used to relieve back pain. Disk replacement surgery replaces an intervertebral disk with a mechanical device.
Herniated Nucleus Pulposus (HNP) - medical terminology for the following: Lumbar radiculopathy; Cervical radiculopathy; Herniated intervertebral disk; Prolapsed intervertebral disk; Slipped disk; Ruptured disk A herniated nucleus pulposus is a slipped disk along the spinal cord. The condition occurs when all or part of the soft center of a spinal disk is forced through a weakened part of the disk. definition comes from the Univ. of Maryland Medical Center web site.