Illustration of Spinal Disk Pathologies


Anatomical illustration of spinal disk pathologies, showing (upper left) a laminectomy to relieve cord compression, (upper right) herniated disk, where the nucleus pulposus herniates through annulus, and (bottom row, left), a Schmorl's nodule protruding into osteophyte and (bottom row, right) a collapsed disk with compressed spinal nerve and ligamentum flavum.


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Photo credit: © Photo Researchers / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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