vertebral endplate
Either of the the top and bottom portions of the vertebral bodies that interface with the vertebral discs. It is composed of a layer of thickened cancellous bone. [ HPO:curators http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endplates ]
Term info
- FMA:293500
- BTO:0005552
- Wikipedia:Endplates
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endplate
uberon
UBERON:0014386
vertebral endplate
Term relations
- zone of bone organ
- composed primarily of some trabecular bone tissue
- part of some bony vertebral centrum