the jelly-like substance in the middle of the spinal disc which is a remnant of the notochord [ MGI:llw2 MP:0006392 ]
术语信息
- EMAPA:18008
- BTO:0003626
- SCTID:316586000
- Wikipedia:Nucleus_pulposus
- MA:0000112
- FMA:13550
- FMA:76703
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
The nucleus pulposus consists of chondrocytes, collagen fibrils, and proteoglycan aggrecans that have hyaluronic long chains which attract water. Attached to each hyaluronic chain are side chains of chondroitin sulfate and keratan sulfate[Wikipedia:Nucleus_pulposus]
Function noyes: It functions to distribute hydraulic pressure in all directions within each disc under compressive loads.
the jelly-like substance in the middle of the spinal disc which is a remnant of the notochord
nucleus pulposus of intervertebral disk
nucleus propulsus of intervertebral disk
nucleus propulsus
术语关系
- connective tissue
- ectoderm-derived structure
- mesoderm-derived structure
- has part some keratan sulfate
- has part some chondroitin sulfate
- contributes to morphology of some intervertebral disk
- part of some intervertebral disk
- develops from some notochord
- has part some chondrocyte
- has part some collection of collagen fibrils