nucleus pulposus
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002242
The jelly-like substance in the middle of the spinal disc which is a remnant of the notochord. [ MP:0006392 http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/llw2 ]
Synonyms: nucleus pulposus (diskus intervertebralis), pulpy nucleus
Term info
- MESH:D000070614
- FMA:13550
- SCTID:316586000
- MA:0000112
- FMA:76703
- EMAPA:18008
- Wikipedia:Nucleus_pulposus
- BTO:0003626
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]
we group two FMA classes together
Function noyes: It functions to distribute hydraulic pressure in all directions within each disc under compressive loads.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Cervical_vertebra_english.png
nucleus pulposus of intervertebral disk, nucleus propulsus, nucleus propulsus of intervertebral disk
uberon
UBERON:0002242
Nucleus pulposus of intervertebral disk, Nucleus pulposus
Term relations
- protein-containing material entity
- organ
- 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