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intervertebral joint

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The joint between adjacent vertebral bodies. May be composed of the nucleus pulposus, annular ligament, and the anterior and posterior longitudinal ligaments. [ http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=87401 ]

Synonyms: joint of vertebral body, inter-vertebral joint, intervertebral symphysis, inter-centrum joint

Term info

database cross reference
  • SCTID:244512000
  • UMLS:C1182940 (ncithesaurus:Vertebral_Joint)
  • EMAPA:37622 (MA:th)
  • FMA:25511
  • NCIT:C49577
  • MA:0001514
UBPROP 0000012

FMA has 'intervertebral joint' as a GAT, and has two distinct classes 'intervertebral symphysis' and 'intervertebral syndesmosis', but note that the latter do not connect the centra

has broad synonym

vertebral joint

id

UBERON:0001468

prefLabel

Intervertebral symphysis