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Intervertebral disc homeostasis

Balance of cellular, nutritional and mechanical processes maintaining intervertebral disc composition and function.Lire cette fiche...

Intervertebral disc nutrition

Intervertebral disc nutrition describes exchanges that supply disc cells with nutrients and remove metabolic waste....

Intervertebral disc proteoglycans

Disc-matrix macromolecules made of a protein core and carbohydrate chains, helping retain water and resist...

Intervertebral foramen

Opening between neighbouring vertebrae through which a spinal nerve root and blood vessels pass.Lire cette...

Intervertebral vacuum phenomenon

Gas within an intervertebral disc, generally seen with degeneration and particularly visible on CT.Lire cette...

Intradiscal pressure

Intradiscal pressure is pressure measured within an intervertebral disc. It varies with loading, position, muscle...

Intradural extramedullary lesion

Abnormality inside the dura but outside spinal cord tissue, potentially displacing or compressing the cord...

Intramedullary lesion

Abnormality located within spinal cord tissue, requiring imaging and clinical context to determine its nature.Lire...

Inversion table

Device tilting the body, sometimes head-down, to apply gravitational traction; contraindications apply.Lire cette fiche en...

Iodinated contrast agent

Iodine-containing agent that increases x-ray attenuation, used in selected CT, angiographic or myelographic examinations.Lire cette...