nucleus pulposus

Preferred Label : nucleus pulposus;

Uberon definition : the jelly-like substance in the middle of the spinal disc which is a remnant of the notochord;

Uberon synonym : nucleus pulposus (diskus intervertebralis); pulpy nucleus;

Uberon related term : nucleus propulsus of intervertebral disk; nucleus pulposus of intervertebral disk; nucleus propulsus;

Uberon Structure note : 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];

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Origin ID

0002242;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Nucleus Pulposus [MeSH Descriptor]
- Nucleus Pulposus [MeSH concept]
- Nucleus pulposus [FMA entity]
- Nucleus pulposus [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Nucleus pulposus [ICHI extension code]
- nucleus pulposus [Radlex concept]
Uberon cross reference
- Entire nucleus pulposus of intervertebral disc (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Nucleus pulposus [FMA entity]
- Nucleus pulposus of intervertebral disk [FMA entity]
contributes to morphology of
- intervertebral disk [UBERON concept]
develops from
- notochord [UBERON concept]
has part
- nucleus pulposus [UBERON concept]
part of
- intervertebral disk [UBERON concept]
- nucleus pulposus [UBERON concept]

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