Figure: intervertebral disc bulge

Intervertebral disc bulge
Disc protrusion

1. Spinal nerve -
   Spinal nerve
2. Spinal ganglion -
   Ganlion sensorium
3. W.vertebral body -
   Corpus vertebraea
4. Gelatinous core -
   Nucleus pulposus
5. Fiber ring -
   Annulus fibrosus
6. Intervertebral disc
   (Intervertebral disc) -
   Discus inter vertebralisa
7. Thinned fiber ring
   A - intervertebral disc
   bulging
   Vortex from above and from the right
   B - healthy disc
   C - herniated disc

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