Photo of Normal Spinal Disc | Donald Corenman, MD | Back Surgery Colorado
There are a series of images that go together that can represent either the lumbar spine or the cervical spine. These series of models demonstrate how degenerative changes occur in the disc.
The first picture (SHOWN HERE) is looking down at an intact normal disc. (These pictures are of a lumbar spine disc but the cervical spine discs are almost exactly the same).The pink center is the nucleus (jelly in the donut) and the outer beige area is the annulus (donut of jelly donut fame). You can see the rings of collagen if you look carefully. Behind the disc lie the nerve roots seen in yellow. The facets in the back of the spine are seen in blue.
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