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MeSH Heading: Nucleus Pulposus
Tree Number(s): A02.165.308.410.500; A02.835.232.834.432.500; A10.165.382.350.050.500
Unique ID: D000070614
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000070614
Scope Note: Fibrocartilage inner core of the intervertebral disc. Prolapsed or bulged nucleus pulposus leads to INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT while proliferation of cells in the nucleus pulposus is associated with INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION.
Previous Indexing: Intervertebral Disc (1963-2016)
Public MeSH Note: 2017
History Note: 2017
Date Introduced: 2017/01/01
Last Updated: 2017/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Nucleus Pulposus MeSH Descriptor Data 2026